Sec. 12.55.151. - Court may not reduce or mitigate punishment based on victim's failure to appear or testify.
Sec. 12.55.151. Court may not reduce or mitigate punishment based on victim's failure to appear or testify.
Notwithstanding another provision of law, when sentencing a defendant, a court may not mitigate or reduce the punishment of the defendant based on, or otherwise consider as a mitigating factor or reason to impose a lesser punishment, the failure of the crime victim to appear or testify.