What is the appropriate sentence for a defendant convicted of two counts of murder?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Ansman, B219206, Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. SA065166 (Cal. App. 2011):
Although defendant was convicted of two counts of murder, the court only imposed one court security fee and one court facilities assessment. The court should have imposed two of each. We correct this unauthorized sentence despite the People's failure to raise the issue below. (People v. Scott (1994) 9 Cal.4th 331, 354, fn. 17; People v. Bui (2011) 192 Cal.App.4th 1002, 1013, fn. 15.)
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