California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Ramirez, 54 Cal.App.4th 888, 62 Cal.Rptr.2d 644 (Cal. App. 1997):
10 I also disagree with the majority's conclusion "that counts I and count II arose out of the same operative facts" (Maj.Opn. p. 656) thus precluding separate punishment. (See People v. Pearsall (1996) 48 Cal.App.4th 600, 602-603, 55 Cal.Rptr.2d 713.)
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