Does a judge have the power to sentence a convicted rapist to a concurrent or consecutive sentence?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Harrell, E063802 (Cal. App. 2016):
section 669, the trial court executing the second sentence has a choice to impose either concurrent or consecutive terms. (People v. Davis (1996) 48 Cal.App.4th 1105, 1110.)
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