California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Gao, B258441 (Cal. App. 2015):
In this case, the defendant committed burglary with the intent to commit arson. The evidence discloses no other intent. Section 654 applied. Thus, the trial court erred when it imposed concurrent sentences. (People v. Williams, supra, 19 Cal.App.3d at p. 1473.) Attempted arson and burglary carry the same maximum terms.3 Under section
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