McKay v WA

• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Sentencing
  3. › Parity principle
  4. › Co-offenders sentenced by different judges on different factual bases
  5. › Whether marked disparity between sentences gives rise to objectively justifiable sense of grievance
  6. › Whether disparity justified by differences in culpability and mitigating factors
  7. › Criminal Code (WA), s 401(2)(a)
• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Sentencing
  3. › Parity principle
  4. › Comparison of culpability
  5. › Whether comparison made on facts found by respective sentencing judges
  6. › Whether later sentencing judge may go behind findings of earlier sentencing judge
• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Sentencing
  3. › Parity principle
  4. › Insufficient disparity
  5. › Whether absence of greater disparity between appellant's sentence and more culpable co-offenders' sentences gives rise to justifiable sense of grievance

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