In what circumstances will a defendant receive multiple punishments for a possession of a drug with intent to commit a single offence?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Chung, B253580 (Cal. App. 2015):

several articles of personal property which . . . results in the commission of a single punishable offense." (Ibid.) On the other hand, courts have distinguished Adams and allowed multiple punishments where a defendant transported several types of narcotics with the intent to deliver them to multiple buyers. (See, e.g., People v. Blake (1998) 68 Cal.App.4th 509, 512 [distinguishing Adams because the record "supports an inference that defendant intended multiple sales to different customers"].)

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