Does a defendant have to be convicted and punished for each crime committed against a different victim?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Hopkins, 167 Cal.App.3d 110, 212 Cal.Rptr. 888 (Cal. App. 1985):
As a general rule, even though a defendant entertains a single principal objective during an indivisible course of conduct, he may be convicted and punished for each crime of violence committed against a different victim. (People v. Miller (1977)
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