Does Section 654 of the California Criminal Code prohibit multiple punishments for a single act that violates more than one statute?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Mejia, 216 Cal.Rptr.3d 13, 9 Cal.App.5th 1036 (Cal. App. 2017):
Section 654 has long been interpreted to preclude multiple punishments not only for a single act that violates more than one statute, but for an indivisible course of conduct. (People v. Latimer (1993) 5 Cal.4th 1203, 1207-1208, 23 Cal.Rptr.2d 144, 858 P.2d 611.) Whether a course of criminal conduct is divisible and therefore gives rise to more than one act within the meaning of
[9 Cal.App.5th 1043]
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