California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Martinez, E066332 (Cal. App. 2017):
Section 654 precludes punishment for two offenses arising from the same act. (People v. Latimer (1993) 5 Cal.4th 1203, 1208.) Section 654 applies where there is one act and also where a course of conduct violates more than one statute. (Ibid.) Whether conduct is divisible depends upon the intent and objective of the defendant. (Ibid.) Even
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