Can a defendant argue that he harbored multiple or simultaneous criminal objectives when he committed three separate crimes at the same time?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Green, B246518 (Cal. App. 2015):
Defendant's argument is not persuasive. We find, instead, that substantial evidence supports the trial court's implied finding that, over a short time span, defendant, having the opportunity to reflect, entertained multiple criminal objectives when he committed three separate offenses. (People v. Jones (2002) 103 Cal.App.4th 1139, 1143 ["If the defendant harbored 'multiple or simultaneous
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