California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Sullivan, A147365 (Cal. App. 2017):
than one statute and the problem was whether it comprised a divisible transaction which could be punished under more than one statute within the meaning of section 654." [Citation.] [] Whether a course of criminal conduct is divisible and therefore gives rise to more than one act within the meaning of section 654 depends on the intent and objective of the actor. If all of the offenses were incident to one objective, the defendant may be punished for any one of such offenses but not for more than one.' " (People v. Rodriguez (2009) 47 Cal.4th 501, 507, italics omitted.)
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