What is the effect of section 654 of the California Criminal Code on a driver convicted of two separate criminal offences?

We decline appellant's request that we remand the matter and amend the judgment in order to prevent the use of the conviction on count two for penal or administrative purposes, such as to suspend his license or in the event of recidivism, because the use of that conviction in any future proceeding will depend on the laws in effect at that time. (See People v. Benson (1998) 18 Cal.4th 24, 29 ["[E]ven when multiple punishment for separate offenses has been barred under section 654 in an earlier proceeding, the

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