What is the effect of section 654 of the Criminal Code of Ontario's Criminal Code when a court finds that a conviction is subject to the provisions of Section 654, subdivision (a) of the Act of the Court of Justice?

Section 654, subdivision (a), provides in relevant part: "An act or omission that is punishable in different ways by different provisions of law shall be punished under the provision that provides for the longest potential term of imprisonment, but in no case shall the act or omission be punished under more than one provision." It is well settled that when a court determines that a conviction is subject to section 654, it must impose a sentence and then stay the execution of that sentence, the stay to become permanent upon defendant's service of the portion of the sentence not stayed. (People v. Duff (2010) 50

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