Does section 654 of the California Criminal Code require a separate punishment for a crime committed for the purpose of committing the same crime?

Section 654 prohibits multiple punishment not only for a single act which violates more than one statute but also where separate statutes are violated by a single course of conduct engaged in by the defendant pursuant to a single intent and objective. (People v. Beamon (1973) 8 Cal.3d 625, 637-638, 105 Cal.Rptr. 681, 504 P.2d 905.) This principle has been applied to preclude separate punishment for the crimes of robbery and kidnapping for the purpose of committing that same robbery. (Id. at pp. 639-640, 105 Cal.Rptr. 681, 504 P.2d 905.)