Does Section 654, subdivision (a) of the California Criminal Code prohibit punishment for an act or omission that is punishable by different provisions of the law under the same law?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Zaragosa, F075011 (Cal. App. 2018):
Section 654, subdivision (a), provides that "[a]n act or omission that is punishable in different ways by different provisions of law shall be punished under the provision that provides for the longest potential term of imprisonment, but in no case shall the act or omission be punished under more than one provision." Section 654 prohibits punishment for more than one offense arising from the same act or from an indivisible course of conduct. (People v. Harrison (1989) 48 Cal.3d 321, 335.)
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