Does section 654 of the California Code of Criminal Procedure apply to a single conviction for a single crime?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from The People v. Cuchine, B214117, No. BA340831 (Cal. App. 2010):

Section 654 provides "[a]n act or omission that is punishable in different ways by different provisions of law shall be punished under the provision that provides for the longest potential term of imprisonment, but in no case shall the act or omission be punished under more than one provision." Section 654 protects against multiple punishment rather than multiple conviction. (People v. Harrison (1989) 48 Cal.3d 321, 335.) The protection applies where several offenses were committed during "a course of conduct which... comprises an indivisible transaction punishable under more than one statute.'"

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