Does section 654 of the California Criminal Code bar any additional punishment for a single crime?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Brass, E060714 (Cal. App. 2015):
" . . . If section 654 barred any additional punishment for a single criminal act, then no enhancement at all would be permitted, a result obviously inconsistent with the function of sentence enhancements. Thus, when applied to multiple enhancements for a single crime, section 654 bars multiple punishment for the same aspect of a criminal act." (People v. Ahmed, supra, 53 Cal.4th at pp. 163-164, fn. omitted.)
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