What is the test for Section 654 of the California Criminal Code when a defendant is found guilty of a breach of section 654 or section 744 of the Code of Civil Procedure?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Chicas, B219661, No. BA357424 (Cal. App. 2010):
"'[S]ection 654 applies not only where there was but one act in the ordinary sense, but also where there was a course of conduct which violated more than one statute but nevertheless constituted an indivisible transaction.... If all the offenses were incident to one objective, the defendant may be punished for any one of such offenses but not for more than one.' [Citation.]" (People v. Wynn (2010) 184 Cal.App.4th 1210, 1214-1215.)
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