Does Section 654 of the California Penal Code bar imposition of multiple punishments for multiple sex acts on the same victim?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Groseclose, A151317 (Cal. App. 2019):
3. Defendant acknowledges that section 654 does not bar imposition of multiple punishments for multiple sex acts on the same victim. (People v. Perez (1979) 23 Cal.3d 545, 553.)
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