California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Streeter, E069982 (Cal. App. 2019):
Section 654 prohibits multiple punishment for two or more convictions if the convictions are based on "a single physical act."10 (People v. Corpening (2016) 2 Cal.5th 307, 311 ["[I]f the different crimes were completed by a 'single physical act' . . . the defendant may not be punished more than once for that act."]; People v. Jones (2012) 54 Cal.4th 350, 352, 358-360 [ 654 bars multiple punishment for convictions based on the "single physical act" of possessing one firearm].)
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