Can a defendant be charged with and convicted of multiple offenses based on a single act?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Baker, D074463 (Cal. App. 2019):
"Section 954 sets forth the general rule that defendants may be charged with and convicted of multiple offenses based on a single act or an indivisible course of conduct." (People v. Pearson (1986) 42 Cal.3d 351, 354, abrogated on another ground by People v. Vidana (2016) 1 Cal.5th 632, 651.) "However, an exception to this general rule allowing
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