What are the consequences of section 1170.1 of the California Criminal Code when a defendant is convicted of assault with a firearm in the commission of a single assault?

Section 1170.1, subdivision (f), provides in relevant part: "When two or more enhancements may be imposed for . . . using . . . a firearm in the commission of a single offense, only the greatest of those enhancements shall be imposed for that offense." In People v. Rodriguez (2009) 47 Cal.4th 501 (Rodriguez),³ the defendant was convicted of three counts of assault with a firearm; the jury rendered true findings that the defendant personally used a firearm during the commission of the assaults within the meaning of former section 12022.5, subdivision (a)(1), and that the assaults were violent felonies committed on behalf of a criminal street gang within the meaning of section 186.22, subdivision (b)(1)(C); and the defendant's sentence on two of the counts included

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