Does section 654 of the Criminal Code bar dual punishment for carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm and possession of a firearm by a felon?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Chatman, A151425 (Cal. App. 2019):
The trial court agreed section 654 barred dual punishment for carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm and possession of a firearm by a felon, and it declared the sentence on the possession count stayed without imposing the sentence. The People correctly observe the court should have imposed the sentence, then stayed it. (People v. Alford (2010) 180 Cal.App.4th 1463, 1466.) We will order the abstract of judgment corrected to
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