California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Jayubo, H035996 (Cal. App. 2012):
Under the multiple victim exception, " ' "even though a defendant entertains but a single principal objective during an indivisible course of conduct, he [or she] may be convicted and punished for each crime of violence committed against a different victim." [Citations.]' " (People v. Centers, supra, 73 Cal.App.4th at p. 99 (Centers).)
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