California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Boutelle, F073999 (Cal. App. 2018):
Section 654 does not bar multiple punishment in two situations: (1) where the defendant engaged in an act of violence against multiple people and (2) where the defendant entertained multiple criminal objectives not merely incidental to each other. (People v. Newman (2015) 238 Cal.App.4th 103, 112.)
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