Can a single act or omission be punished for a single action or omission under section 654 of the California Penal Code?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Puckett, D070928 (Cal. App. 2018):
"Penal Code section 654 precludes multiple punishment for a single act or omission, or an indivisible course of conduct." (People v. Deloza (1998) 18 Cal.4th 585, 591.) "Whether a course of criminal conduct is a divisible transaction which could be punished under more than one statute within the meaning of [Penal Code] section 654 depends on the intent and objective of the actor." (People v. Saffle (1992) 4 Cal.App.4th 434, 438.)
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