What is the effect of section 654 of the California Penal Code on a defendant who has committed a crime under the same law?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from People v. Mejia, B243500 (Cal. App. 2015):

Penal Code section 654, subdivision (a) 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." Section 654 was "intended to ensure that [a] defendant is punished 'commensurate with his culpability' [citation]." (People v. Harrison (1989) 48 Cal.3d 321, 335.)

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