What is the test for multiple punishments under section 654 of the California Criminal Code?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from People v. Gonzales, H042970 (Cal. App. 2019):

Section 654, subdivision (a) provides that "[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 punishment, but in no case shall the act or omission be punished under more than one . . . ." In other words, "[s]ection 654 precludes multiple punishments for a single act or indivisible course of conduct." (People v. Hester (2000) 22 Cal.4th 290, 294.)

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