How have courts considered a defendant's claim that the court erred in failing to stay a sentence pursuant to section 654 of the Criminal Code?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Gonzalez, D059713 (Cal. App. 2016):

In reviewing a defendant's claim that the court erred in failing to stay a sentence pursuant to section 654, the "defendant's intent and objective present factual questions for the trial court, and its findings will be upheld if supported by substantial evidence." (People v. Andra (2007) 156 Cal.App.4th 638, 640.)

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