Does section 654, subdivision (a) of the California Criminal Code apply to a defendant who has committed a crime under the same law?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from People v. Bullock, E073251 (Cal. App. 2020):

Section 654, subdivision (a), provides: "An act or omission that is punishable in different ways by different provisions of law shall be punished under the provision that provides for the longest potential term of imprisonment, but in no case shall the act or omission be punished under more than one provision." "[T]he purpose of section 654 is to ensure that a defendant's punishment will be commensurate with his culpability." (People v. Correa (2012) 54 Cal.4th 331, 341.)

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