California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Magana, E054065 (Cal. App. 2012):
The court rejected the argument, stating that "this was not a case where only one volitional act gave rise to multiple offenses. Each shot required a separate trigger pull. All three assaults were volitional and calculated, and were separated by periods of time during which reflection was possible. None was spontaneous or uncontrollable. '[D]efendant should . . . not be rewarded where, instead of taking advantage of an opportunity to walk away from the victim, he voluntarily resumed his . . . assaultive behavior.' [Citation.]" (People v. Trotter, supra, 7 Cal.App.4th at p. 368.)
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