Legal Question in Criminal Law in United Kingdom

Dear Client,

The judge can decide to decline the pre-sentence report, however, most of the time, many judges do accept the request for a pre-sentence report. It depends on the circumstances of the case. If it turns out that the case has been a clear and more than obvious to the judge as to what the sentencing should be, then in these cases which do occur, the judge may decline the pre-sentence report and/or order from the defence lawyer. However, since in many cases, the judge knows that a pre-sentence report would help him or her to make a better decision regarding how they should sentence the accused person, most of the times judges' grant the request for the pre-sentence order/report.