California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Carter, A154643 (Cal. App. 2019):
4. Defendant maintains the issue is not waived because the waiver doctrine " 'does not apply to section 654 sentencing issues.' " Section 654 sentencing issues can be raised for the first time on appeal (see People v. Perez (1979) 23 Cal.3d 545, 550, fn. 3 ["waiver doctrine does not apply to questions involving the applicability of section 654"]). However, defendant's claim of error is based on section 1170, not section 654.
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