California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Atayde, B257053 (Cal. App. 2015):
Here, counts 1 and 2, which underlie the knife use enhancements, implicate a course of conduct. The test governing the application of section 654 to such offenses was first stated in Neal v. State of California (1960) 55 Cal.2d 11, overruled in part in People v. Correa (2012) 54 Cal.4th 331, 334: "'Whether a course of criminal conduct is divisible and therefore gives rise to more than one act within the meaning of section 654 depends on the intent and objective of the actor. If all of the offenses were incident to one objective, the defendant may be
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