Does section 654 of the Criminal Code require the concurrent imposition of concurrent sentences of two separate sentences?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Threlkeld, G048937 (Cal. App. 2014):
2. Threlkeld acknowledges the imposition of concurrent sentences makes no practical difference to his sentence. Nevertheless, trial courts must stay concurrent sentences if section 654 prohibits multiple punishment. (People v. Jones (2012) 54 Cal.4th 350, 353.)
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