California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Legaspi, D068710 (Cal. App. 2016):
is the situation, recourse to section 654 will be unnecessary because a specific statute prevails over a more general one relating to the same subject. . . . [] Only if the specific statutes do not provide the answer should the court turn to section 654." (People v. Ahmed (2011) 53 Cal.4th 156, 163.)
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