People v. Hicks

Opinion

GEORGE, J.

In People v. Siko (1988) 45 Cal.3d 820, 822 [248 Cal.Rptr. 110, 755 P.2d 294], we held that the enactment of Penal Code section 667.6, subdivision (c), which permits the imposition of consecutive full-term sentences when a defendant has been convicted of certain enumerated sexual offenses, did not repeal the prohibition of Penal Code section 654 against multiple punishment based upon “the same act or omission.”1 In this case, we address the question we expressly left unresolved in Siko: whether the enactment of section 667.6, subdivision (c), created an exception to section…