Can a defendant receive a separate sentence for unlawful acts committed at different times for different amounts of money against different victims?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Reed, B299443 (Cal. App. 2020):
Appellate courts have also found that separate sentences for unlawful acts committed "at different times for different amounts of money [against] different victims . . . is not prohibited by . . . section 654." (People v. Lochmiller (1986) 187 Cal.App.3d 151, 153.) To treat such crimes as serving one broad objective would be contrary to section 654's " ' "purpose to [e]nsure that a
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