California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Gonzalez, C075154 (Cal. App. 2014):
Section 654, subdivision (a) provides in relevant part as follows: "[a]n 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." (People v. Atencio (2012) 208 Cal.App.4th 1239, 1243.) At its simplest, section 654 precludes multiple punishment for a single act or for a course of conduct comprising indivisible acts. (People v. Jones (2002) 103 Cal.App.4th 1139, 1143.)
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