Does section 654 of the California Criminal Code prohibit multiple punishment where a defendant has committed violent crimes against different victims?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Masters, 195 Cal.App.3d 1124, 241 Cal.Rptr. 511 (Cal. App. 1987):

Masters recognizes that section 654 does not preclude multiple punishment where a defendant has committed violent crimes against different victims. However, he urges that his violation of section 246, the discharge of a firearm into an occupied motor vehicle, did not constitute a crime with victims. Accordingly, he argues, section 654's prohibition should apply to [195 Cal.App.3d 1129] his sentence. Masters relies upon the opinion in Martin v. Hall (1971) 20 Cal.App.3d 414, 97 Cal.Rptr. 730, to support his proposition.

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