California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Bonilla, B249622 (Cal. App. 2014):
objective." (People v. Calderon (2013) 214 Cal.App.4th 656, 661.) "However, if the defendant harbored 'multiple or simultaneous objectives, independent of and not merely incidental to each other, the defendant may be punished for each violation committed in pursuit of each objective even though the violations share common acts or were parts of an otherwise indivisible course of conduct. [Citations.]'" (People v. Jones (2002) 103 Cal.App.4th 1139, 1143 (Jones).) "Whether section 654 applies in a given case is a question of fact for the trial court, which is vested with broad latitude in making its determination. [Citations.] Its findings will not be reversed on appeal if there is any substantial evidence to support them." (Id. at p. 1143.)
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