What is the appropriate punishment for a defendant who commits multiple crimes within a period of time?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Avila, B239400 (Cal. App. 2014):
Multiple punishments are appropriate where the defendant commits multiple offenses separated by periods of time during which reflection was possible. (People v. Surdi (1995) 35 Cal.App.4th 685, 689.) In Surdi, the defendant abducted the victim, stabbed him in a vehicle, and then after pausing to consider what to do, dragged him to a river bed and resumed attacking him. (Id. at pp. 687-688.)
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