California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Gardner, E052298, Super.Ct.No. FVA1000970 (Cal. App. 2011):
Defendant's arguments are both foreclosed by his plea agreement and rule 4.412, which states as follows: "By agreeing to a specified prison term personally and by counsel, a defendant who is sentenced to that term or a shorter one abandons any claim that a component of the sentence violates section 654's prohibition of double punishment, unless that claim is asserted at the time the agreement is recited on the record." Rule 4.412 applies to a contention that concurrent terms violate section 654. (People v. Valenzuela (1993) 14 Cal.App.4th 837, 841.)
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