Does Section 654 of the California Penal Code apply to a defendant who committed an indivisible transaction?

"[I]t is well settled that [Penal Code] section 654 applies not only where there was but one act in the ordinary sense, but also where there was a course of conduct which violated more than one statute but nevertheless constituted an indivisible transaction. [Citation.] Whether a course of conduct is indivisible depends upon the intent and objective of the actor. If all the offenses were incident to one objective, the defendant may be punished for any one of such offenses but not for more than one. [Citation.]" (People v. Perez (1979) 23 Cal.3d 545, 551.) "It is defendant's intent and objective, not the temporal proximity of his [or her] offenses, which determine whether the transaction is indivisible. [Citations.]" (People v. Harrison (1989) 48 Cal.3d 321, 335.) "A trial court's implied finding that a defendant harbored a separate intent and objective for each

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