California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Orlando, C075349 (Cal. App. 2015):
When section 654 applies, the trial court cannot impose a concurrent sentence. (People v. Alford (2010) 180 Cal.App.4th 1463, 1468.) The court must impose a sentence and stay execution of that sentence. (Id. at pp. 1466, 1468-1469.)
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