P. v. Ceniceros CA4/3
Defendant is currently serving 18 years to life in prison for aggravated arson (Pen. Code, § 451.5, subd. (a)(2)(A)) , arson of an inhabited dwelling (§ 451, subd. (b)), arson of property (§ 451, subd. (d)), and felony animal cruelty (§ 597, subd. (b)). Pursuant to then existing provisions of Penal Code section 654, the trial court imposed the longest indeterminate sentence available, plus a sentencing enhancement, and stayed the indeterminate sentences on the remaining counts. It also imposed a five-year determinate sentence, to be served consecutively, based on an admitted prior serious felony. Defendant contends his sentence must be vacated and the matter remanded for resentencing due to a newly effective amendment to section 654 made by Assembly Bill 518 (2021-2022 Reg. Sess.). The Attorney General concedes the issue.
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