Does section 654, subdivision (a) of the California Criminal Code apply to stay a sentence imposed for a violation of a restraining order?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from People v. Tate, B287447 (Cal. App. 2019):

"Section 654, subdivision (a) provides that '[a]n 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.'" (People v. Jackson (2016) 1 Cal.5th 269, 353-354.) Defendant contends that in addition to applying section 654 to stay the sentence it imposed for the violating a restraining order conviction, the trial court should have stayed the concurrent

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sentence it imposed for the vandalism conviction on section 654 grounds.

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