Penal Code section 654 proscribes double punishment for multiple violations of the Penal Code based on the "same act or omission." Decisions of this court have engrafted onto section 654 a judicial gloss interpreting "same act or omission" to include multiple violations committed in an "indivisible" or "single transaction." (See, e.g., People v. Beamon (1973)
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PEOPLE v. SIKO
Docket No. Crim. 24587.
45 Cal.3d 820 (1988)
755 P.2d 294
248 Cal. Rptr. 110
THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. STEPHEN MICHAEL SIKO, Defendant and Appellant.
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June 23, 1988.
June 23, 1988.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Richard C. Camino, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.
John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Steve White, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Mark Alan Hart, Gary R. Hahn and Sharlene A. Honnaka, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
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