California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Surdi, 35 Cal.App.4th 685, 41 Cal.Rptr.2d 314 (Cal. App. 1995):
2 That test was announced in Neal v. State of California (1960) 55 Cal.2d 11, 9 Cal.Rptr. 607, 357 P.2d 839 and directs that section 654 be applied where multiple acts give rise to separate crimes if they were perpetrated with the same intent and objective. (Id. at p. 19, 9 Cal.Rptr. 607, 357 P.2d 839.)
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