Can a defendant be punished for each crime committed against a different victim?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Gonzalez, D055337, No. RIF134282 (Cal. App. 2010):
On this record, the application of the section 654 multiple victim exception clearly allows defendants to be punished under both count 1 and count 2. Under that exception, as already discussed, a defendant may be convicted and punished for each crime of violence committed against a different victim "even though the defendant entertains but a single principal objective during an indivisible course of conduct." (People v. Ramos,
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