When is a crime arising out of the same transaction a crime against the property interests of several persons, rather than one of violence, permissible punishment?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Columbia Research Corp., 103 Cal.App.3d Supp. 33, 163 Cal.Rptr. 455 (Cal. Super. 1980):
When a crime arising out of the same transaction is one against the property interests of several persons, rather than one of violence, only a single punishment is permissible as opposed to successive punishments for each theft. (People v. Bauer (1969) 1 Cal.3d 368, 378, 82 Cal.Rptr. 357, 461 P.2d 637.)
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