Can Section 654 of the California Criminal Code apply to an act or omission that is punishable by different ways by different provisions of law?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Teas, G051706 (Cal. App. 2016):
statute.' [Citation.] Section 654 expressly applies only to '[a]n act or omission that is punishable in different ways by different provisions of law . . . .' ( 654, subd. (a), italics added.)" (People v. Sanders, supra, 55 Cal.4th at p. 742, citing People v. Correa (2012) 54 Cal.4th 331.)
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