Is a sentence imposed under section 667.61 of the California Criminal Code requiring that the sentences imposed under that section be served consecutively?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Buenrrostro, D067985 (Cal. App. 2016):
at least one and a half hours].) Former section 667.61 did not mandate that sentences imposed under that section be served consecutively. (People v. Rodriguez (2005) 130 Cal.App.4th 1257, 1262.)
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