California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Ross, 201 Cal.App.3d 1232, 247 Cal.Rptr. 827 (Cal. App. 1988):
2 Where a defendant pleads guilty without reserving or attempting to reserve the question of whether the offenses constitute an indivisible transaction, the defendant admits, at least prima facie, that the crimes were separate and not indivisible for purposes of section 654. (Seiterle v. Superior Court (1962) 57 Cal.2d 397, 400-401, 20 Cal.Rptr. 1, 369 P.2d 697.)
3 A no contest plea is treated as a guilty plea. (Pen.Code, 1016, subd. 3.)
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