California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Williams, 12 Cal.Rptr.2d 243, 9 Cal.App.4th 1465 (Cal. App. 1992):
In addition, several cases have held that the statutory prohibition against multiple punishment is inapplicable to situations where multiple burglaries are committed at the same time and in the same building. In People v. James (1977) 19 Cal.3d 99, 137 Cal.Rptr. 447, 561 P.2d 1135, a defendant was separately punishable for burglaries of three office suites in the same commercial building committed in the same course of conduct. (Id. at pp. 119-120, 137 Cal.Rptr. 447, 561 P.2d 1135.) In People v. O'Keefe (1990) 222 Cal.App.3d 517, 522, 271 Cal.Rptr. 769, a defendant was separately punishable for burglaries of individual rooms in a college dormitory. In People v. Bowman (1989) 210 Cal.App.3d 443, 258 Cal.Rptr. 358, a defendant was separately punishable for eight burglaries of buildings and vehicles in a car dealership committed as part of an indivisible course of conduct during a single night. (Id. at pp. 448-449, 258 Cal.Rptr. 358.)
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