Does section 654 of the California Criminal Code require multiple punishment for possession of a firearm and ammunition?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Saephan, C079746 (Cal. App. 2018):
instances when multiple punishment is lawful for possession of a firearm and ammunition, the instant case is not one of them. Where, as here, all of the ammunition is loaded into the firearm, an 'indivisible course of conduct' is present and section 654 precludes multiple punishment." (People v. Lopez, supra, 119 Cal.App.4th at p. 138.)
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