Is section 6547 of the California Code of Civil Procedure sufficient to prevent multiple punishments for a single act or indivisible course of conduct?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Lee Arthur Fort, E064633 (Cal. App. 2017):
"Section 6547 precludes multiple punishments for a single act or indivisible course of conduct. [Citation.]" (People v. Hester (2000) 22 Cal.4th 290, 294.) "The purpose of section 654 is to prevent multiple punishment for a single act or omission [or indivisible course of conduct], even though that act or omission [or indivisible course of conduct] violates more than one statute and thus constitutes more than one crime. . . ."
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