What is the test for double punishment under section 654 of the California Criminal Code?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from The People v. Finney, G041848, Super. Ct. No. FVI702126 (Cal. App. 2010):

Section 654 bars double punishment for a single act or indivisible course of conduct in which the defendant had only one objective. (People v. Coleman (1989) 48 Cal.3d. 112, 162.) "'The defendant's intent and objective are factual questions for the trial court; [to permit multiple punishments,] there must be evidence to support a finding the defendant formed a separate intent and objective for each offense for which he was sentenced.'" (Ibid.)

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