Does section 654 of the California Criminal Code prohibit multiple punishment of a single offence for a single crime?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Anderson, 191 Cal.App.3d 207, 236 Cal.Rptr. 329 (Cal. App. 1987):
The proscription of section 654 against multiple punishment of a single act is not limited to necessarily included offenses. (Neal v. State of California, supra, 55
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