Is a criminal offence punishable by section 654 of the California Criminal Code for gross negligence punishable by a single crime arising from two crimes arising from a single, indivisible course of conduct?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. King, B247438 (Cal. App. 2014):
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. . . ." In sum, section 654 prohibits punishment for two crimes arising from a single, indivisible course of conduct. (People v. Latimer (1993) 5 Cal.4th 1203, 1208.)
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