California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. White, B291130 (Cal. App. 2019):
underlying intended felony, . . . section 654 will permit punishment for one or the other but not for both." (People v. Centers (1999) 73 Cal.App.4th 84, 98.) Here, however, the evidence was sufficient to support the trial court's implied finding that White committed different acts, with a different intent and objective, in committing the burglary and the assault.
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