California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Key, D075816 (Cal. App. 2020):
4. Key may raise this challenge on appeal, despite having failed to object at the time of sentencing, because a sentence imposed in violation of section 654 is an unauthorized sentence. (People v. Scott (1994) 9 Cal.4th 331, 354, fn. 17.)
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