What is the effect of section 654 of the California Penal Code on a person who has committed an act or omission that is not punishable under this Penal Code?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Fearn v. Zolin, 12 Cal.Rptr.2d 314, 9 Cal.App.4th 1756 (Cal. App. 1992):

Penal Code section 654 states in part: "An act or omission which is made punishable in different ways by different provisions of this code may be punished under either of such provisions, but in no case can it be punished under more than one...." The section applies to penal provisions of other codes despite its apparent limitation to "this" Penal Code. (People v. Smith (1984) 155 Cal.App.3d 1103, 1153, 203 Cal.Rptr. 196.)

Penal Code section 15 defines "punishments" or penal sanctions as:

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