What are the implications of a probation officer's report recommending consecutive life sentences?

The People reply defendant's trial counsel objected to aspects of the probation officer's report, including the recommendation for consecutive life and determinate sentences. Defendant also argued his consecutive life sentences were subject to section 654 and should be stayed. But he did not raise a claim his sentence was cruel and unusual. The People contend this argument has been forfeited for appellate review. (People v. Scott (1994) 9 Cal.4th 331, 356.) The People do not allege forfeiture of defendant's argument that the trial court erred in sentencing him consecutively because he had a single outburst of violence.