Can a defendant receive a concurrent or consecutive sentence under section 654 of the California Criminal Code?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from People v. Salmeron, F072084 (Cal. App. 2018):

"Section 654 precludes multiple punishment for a single act or omission, or an indivisible course of conduct. [Citations.] If, for example, a defendant suffers two convictions, punishment for one of which is precluded by section 654, that section requires the sentence for one conviction to be imposed, and the other imposed and then stayed. [Citation.] Section 654 does not allow any multiple punishment, including either

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concurrent or consecutive sentences. [Citation.]" (People v. Deloza (1998) 18 Cal.4th 585, 591-592.)⁵

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