Does section 654 of the California Criminal Code apply to a defendant who harbored multiple criminal objectives?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Peters, A150817 (Cal. App. 2018):

punished for any one of such offenses but not for more than one. [] . . . [] If, on the other hand, defendant harbored, "multiple criminal objectives," which were independent of and not merely incidental to each other, he may be punished for each statutory violation committed in pursuit of each objective, "even though the violations shared common acts or were parts of an otherwise indivisible course of conduct." ' " (People v. Rodriguez (2015) 235 Cal.App.4th 1000, 1005 (Rodriguez).)

Whether section 654 " 'applies in a given case is a question of fact for the trial court, which is vested with broad latitude in making its determination. [Citations.] Its findings will not be reversed on appeal if there is any substantial evidence to support them. [Citations.] We review the trial court's determination in the light most favorable to the respondent and presume the existence of every fact the trial court could reasonably deduce from the evidence.' " (People v. Vang (2010) 184 Cal.App.4th 912, 915-916.)

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