Where an aggregate sentence is imposed, reliance on Judicial Commission statistics for a single indicative sentence is misconceived; the only relevant question is whether the aggregate sentence reflects the totality of the criminality. The parity principle does not give rise to a justifiable sense of grievance where there are significant differences in both offending and personal circumstances between co-offenders.
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