How would the Court exercise its discretion in imposing enhancements to a defendant's sentence?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Lacy, F077146 (Cal. App. 2020):
exercised it to impose the enhancements and not strike them, if it had been aware of this discretion at the time. (See People v. Almanza (2018) 24 Cal.App.5th 1104, 1110.) We accordingly remand with directions to make this discretionary decision at a resentencing hearing.
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