Is a failure to state the reasons for a consecutive sentence a prejudicial error?

Even if there were some error, it is clear that "[f]ailure to state the reasons [for a consecutive sentence] is not prejudicial error per se." (People v. Preyer (1985) 164 Cal.App.3d 568, 577, 210 Cal.Rptr. 807, applying standard articulated in People v. Watson (1956) 46 Cal.2d 818, 836, 299 P.2d 243.) Numerous reasons for imposing consecutive sentences appear; in fact this record overwhelmingly supports that sentencing decision, and there is no reasonable probability defendant's sentence would be

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