What are the implications of section 654 of the California Penal Code when a defendant harbors multiple criminal objectives?

The protections afforded by Penal Code section 654 have been "extended to cases in which there are several offenses committed during 'a course of conduct deemed to be indivisible in time.' [Citation.] [] It is defendant's intent and objective, not the temporal proximity of his offenses, which determine whether the transaction is indivisible." (People v. Harrison (1989) 48 Cal.3d 321, 335.) Where, as here, a defendant harbors " 'multiple criminal objectives,' which were independent of and not merely incidental to each other, he may be punished for each statutory

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