How have courts interpreted section 654 of the Criminal Code when a defendant is convicted of first degree robbery as an accomplice to an armed robber and possession of a firearm by felon?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Jones, A137714, A141861 (Cal. App. 2016):
People v. Venegas (1970) 10 Cal.App.3d 814, 821 [applying section 654 where "the evidence shows a possession [of the firearm] only at the time defendant shot [the victim]; People v. Killman (1975) 51 Cal.App.3d 951, 959 [rejecting application of section 654 where defendant convicted of first degree robbery as accomplice to armed robber, and possession of firearm by felon for his own personal possession of gun before the robbery].)
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