Does Section 654 of the Criminal Code require a stay of sentence on count 3, 3, and the attendant enhancements to the base term of the sentence?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Delacruz, B253873 (Cal. App. 2014):
Section 654 therefore requires a stay of sentence on count 3, as well as the related enhancements. (See People v. Calles (2012) 209 Cal.App.4th 1200, 1221 ["When the base term of a sentence is stayed under section 654, the attendant enhancements must also be stayed"].) We order the judgment modified accordingly.
2. Correction of the record
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