California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Alvarez, F065502 (Cal. App. 2013):
that section 654 does not apply because "the fact that one crime is completed before the other is commenced ... does not itself make the criminal acts divisible. [Citations.]" (People v. Ratcliffe (1981) 124 Cal.App.3d 808, 817, original italics.)
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