Counsel and Defendant Permitted to Speak Before

Sentence Imposed. Before imposing sentence the court shall afford counsel an opportunity to speak on behalf of the defendant and shall address the defendant personally and ask him if he wishes to make a statement in his own behalf and to present any information in mitigation of punishment. NOTE: Section 120.26 is identical to the last sentence of former Rule (a)(1). Compare former §§ 1200, 1201 and 1204. See also Fed. R. Crim. P. 32(a)(1). See generally 8A Moore, Federal Practice &&32.04[4], 32.05 (1974); ABA, Project on Minimum Standards for Criminal Justice Sentencing Alternatives and Procedures § 5.4(a), at 254-55 (Approved draft 1968).