How has section 654 of the California Criminal Code been applied in the context of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon?

each objective even though the violations share common acts or were parts of an otherwise indivisible course of conduct.' " (People v. Jones (2002) 103 Cal.App.4th 1139, 1143.)

Whether possession of a firearm by a felon " ' "constitutes a divisible transaction from the offense in which he employs the weapon depends upon the facts and evidence of each individual case. Thus where the evidence shows a possession distinctly antecedent and separate from the primary offense, punishment on both crimes has been approved. On the other hand, where the evidence shows a possession only in conjunction with the primary offense, then punishment for the illegal possession of the firearm has been held to be improper where it is the lesser offense." ' " (People v. Jones, supra, 103 Cal.App.4th at p. 1143.) A trial court's application of section 654 is upheld if there is substantial evidence to support it. (Ibid.)