California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Marquez, F076266 (Cal. App. 2019):
Section 654 provides in relevant part: "An 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." (Id., subd. (a), italics added.) The statute bars extra punishment for a single act or indivisible course of conduct that may constitute the commission of multiple crimes. "Whether a course of conduct is divisible and therefore gives rise to more than one act within the meaning of section 654 depends on the 'intent and objective' of the actor. [Citation.]" (People v. Cleveland (2001) 87 Cal.App.4th 263, 267.)
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