Does section 654 of the California Criminal Code apply when a defendant engages in a course of conduct with various consequences to multiple victims?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Vance, E054460 (Cal. App. 2013):

defendant engaged in a course of conduct with various consequences to multiple victims. Under these circumstances, section 654 did not apply. (People v. Oates (2004) 32 Cal.4th 1048, 1062; People v. King (1993) 5 Cal.4th 59, 78.)

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