What is the proper procedure for a defendant to receive a concurrent or consecutive sentence under section 654 of the California Criminal Code?

The statute "precludes multiple punishment for a single act or omission, or an indivisible course of conduct. [Citations.]" (People v. Deloza (1998) 18 Cal.4th 585, 591.) If a defendant is convicted under two statutes for one act or indivisible course of conduct, section 654 requires that the sentence for one conviction be imposed, and the other imposed and then stayed. (Deloza, at pp. 591-592.) "Section 654 does not allow any multiple punishment, including either concurrent or consecutive sentences. [Citation.]" (Id. at p. 592.) The correct procedure is to impose a sentence for each count and

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