What is the effect of section 654 of the California Criminal Code when a defendant is found guilty of a charge under Section 654, subdivision (a) of the Criminal Code?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from People v. Nash, C075415 (Cal. App. 2017):

Section 654, subdivision (a), provides in pertinent part: "An act or omission that is punishable in different ways by different provisions of law shall be punished under the provision that provides for the longest potential term of imprisonment, but in no case shall the act or omission be punished under more than one provision." The purpose of the statute is to ensure that the punishment is commensurate with the defendant's culpability. (People v. Correa (2012) 54 Cal.4th 331, 341.)

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