Can a single indivisible course of criminal conduct be punished under more than one criminal statute?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Northrop, 132 Cal.App.3d 1027, 182 Cal.Rptr. 197 (Cal. App. 1982):
A single indivisible course of criminal conduct may not be punished under more than one criminal statute. "Section 654 of the Penal Code provides in part, 'An act or omission which is made punishable in different ways by different provisions of this code may be punished under either of such provisions, but in no case can it be punished under more than one; ...' " (People v. Greene [1973] 34 Cal.App.3d 622, 654, 110 Cal.Rptr. 160.)
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