How have mitigating factors been interpreted in sentencing cases?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Ochoa, E051020, No. RIF129069 (Cal. App. 2010):
As to defendant's "so-called mitigating factors," the court observed "I certainly considered them, but I don't think they're particularly mitigating especially in the face of all these aggravating factors, which I found very compelling." The sentencing court acted well within its discretion. (People v. Jacobs (2007) 156 Cal.App.4th 728, 736
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