Can a defendant be punished for each statutory violation committed in pursuit of two separate objectives under section 654 of the California Criminal Code?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Cruz-Santos, A139860 (Cal. App. 2015):

each other, he may be punished for each statutory violation committed in pursuit of each objective, 'even though the violations shared common acts or were parts of an otherwise indivisible course of conduct.' [Citation.] Although the question of whether defendant harbored a 'single intent' within the meaning of section 654 is generally a factual one, the applicability of the statute to conceded facts is a question of law. [Citation.]" (People v. Harrison (1989) 48 Cal.3d 321, 335.)

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