Does section 654 of the California Criminal Code apply to a single assault committed within seconds of each other?

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The following excerpt is from People v. Moore, B269464 (Cal. App. 2017):

10. The other cases cited by appellant in which section 654 applied involve multiple offenses either committed within seconds of one another, or arising from the same act. (People v. Logan (1953) 41 Cal.2d 279, 283-284 [defendant hit woman with baseball bat and immediately stole her purse]; People v. Mendoza (1997) 59 Cal.App.4th 1333, 1346 ["The parties agree appellant's two convictions arose from a single act."].) They are inapposite to this case, where the two offenses took place at substantially different times.

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