California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Carrillo, G049634 (Cal. App. 2016):
Finally, the court erred by staying counts 4 and 5 pursuant to section 654, without imposing sentence. "A trial court must impose sentence on every count but stay execution as necessary to implement section 654." (People v. Alford (2010) 180 Cal.App.4th 1463, 1472.)
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