California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. O'Keefe, 222 Cal.App.3d 517, 271 Cal.Rptr. 769 (Cal. App. 1990):
[222 Cal.App.3d 522] Further, no multiple punishment prohibition under section 654 exists for each of these burglaries. Each dormitory room is a separate dwelling within the meaning of section 459. Thus, entry into each room was separate and divisible conduct. O'Keefe "is not entitled to [four] exempt burglaries merely because his victims chose the same landlord." (People v. James, supra, 19 Cal.3d at p. 119, 137 Cal.Rptr. 447, 561 P.2d 1135.)
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