California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Milner, C071537 (Cal. App. 2014):
Section 654, subdivision (a), prohibits punishing any "act or omission that is punishable in different ways by different" penal provisions. This means, at the least, that "multiple punishment for a single physical act that violates different provisions of law" is prohibited. (People v. Jones (2012) 54 Cal.4th 350, 358 (Jones); emphasis added.)
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