Does Section 654 preclude multiple punishment when a defendant committed crimes against multiple victims?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Robins, E054061 (Cal. App. 2012):
Section 654 does not preclude multiple punishment when a defendant committed crimes of violence against multiple victims even if he had a single principal objective during an indivisible course of conduct. (People v. Deloza (1998) 18 Cal.4th 585, 595.) There was no error.
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