The parity principle does not apply to the comparison of sentences between a drug supplier and a participant in the syndicate from which the supplier purchased drugs, because they are not co-offenders in the same criminal enterprise. A purchaser of drugs from a supply syndicate and the participants in that syndicate conduct separate criminal enterprises even where one delivery was made by the syndicate participant to the purchaser.
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