California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Lawrence, 62 Cal.App.4th 1029, 73 Cal.Rptr.2d 137 (Cal. App. 1998):
By contrast, two recent cases where the current crimes were committed on the same occasion expressly rejected the argument that section 654 controls application of section 667, subdivision (c), and held that consecutive sentences were not mandated. (People v. Newsome (1997) 57 Cal.App.4th 902, 911-912, 67 Cal.Rptr.2d 438; People v. Bell (1998) 61 Cal.App.4th 282, 294 [71 Cal.Rptr.2d 415, 423].)
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