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Cal. Penal Code § 654

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 1 Misc. 2d 305 - People v. Savarese

Most recently applied in GUIDRY (RONNEKA) v. STATE (June 2022)

Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 441, Sec. 1

(a) An act or omission that is punishable in different ways by different provisions of law may be punished under either of such provisions, but in no case shall the act or omission be punished under more than one provision. An acquittal or conviction and sentence under any one bars a prosecution for the same act or omission under any other.

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a defendant sentenced pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not be granted probation if any of the provisions that would otherwise apply to the defendant prohibits the granting of probation.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.