Is Section 654 of the California Penal Code applicable to a person who has committed an act or omission that is punishable by different ways by Page 19 of the statute?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Duarte, G041195, No. 07WF0962 (Cal. App. 2010):
In determining the applicability of section 654, we turn first to the plain language of the statute. (People v. Hudson (2006) 38 Cal.4th 1002, 1009.) Section 654, subdivision (a), provides, "An act or omission that is punishable in different ways by
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