Does a contemporaneous objection need to preserve the claim that a sentence violates the principles of section 654.3?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Figueroa, B271314 (Cal. App. 2017):

3. A contemporaneous objection is not required to preserve the claim that a sentence violates the principles of section 654. (People v. Scott (1994) 9 Cal.4th 331, 354, fn. 17.)

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