Does a court have discretion to sentence a defendant to life imprisonment without possibility of parole?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Ordonez, 226 Cal.App.3d 1207, 277 Cal.Rptr. 382 (Cal. App. 1991):
Defendant contends that the court erroneously sentenced him to life imprisonment without possibility of parole because it believed that it had no other choice. A criminal defendant is to be sentenced by a court fully aware of the scope of its discretionary powers. (See People v.
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