In re Heedly

An information charged petitioner Louis Heedly with burglary of the A. G. Damico Company and with grand theft for theft of personal property from said company. A jury found petitioner guilty of burglary of the second degree and grand theft, with two prior convictions being charged and found true. The trial court imposed concurrent sentences for the two offenses.

In substance, the contention of petitioner is that the concurrent sentences inflict multiple punishment in violation of Penal Code section 654.1

The attorney general concedes the evidence establishes that the purpose of the burglary was…