Can a defendant be convicted of multiple crimes arising from a single act or course of conduct?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Cosinero, D074742 (Cal. App. 2020):
A defendant may generally be convicted, though not punished, for multiple crimes arising from a single act or course of conduct. ( 654, 954; see People v. Reed (2006) 38 Cal.4th 1224, 1230 (Reed).) However, "[a] judicially created exception to the general rule permitting multiple conviction 'prohibits multiple convictions based on necessarily included offenses.' " (Reed, at p. 1227.)
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