Does a defendant have forfeited their section 654 claim by failing to object in the trial court?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Chavez, B259908 (Cal. App. 2016):
We reject respondent's contention that defendants have forfeited their section 654 claim by failing to object in the trial court. "'[T]he waiver doctrine does not apply to questions involving the applicability of section 654. Errors in the applicability of section 654 are corrected on appeal regardless of whether the point was raised by objection in the trial court or assigned as error on appeal.' (People v. Perez (1979) 23 Cal.3d 545, 549-
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