People v. Mesa

Filed 6/4/12 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, ) ) Plaintiff and Respondent, ) ) S185688 v. ) ) Ct.App. 4/1 D056280 TOMMY ANGEL MESA, ) ) Riverside County Defendant and Appellant. ) Super. Ct. No. RIF137046 ____________________________________) Penal Code section 654 provides that a defendant may be punished only once for “[a]n act or omission that is punishable in different ways by different provisions of law.” (All statutory references are to the Penal Code.) In each of two separate incidents, defendant Tommy Mesa, a gang member and convicted felon, shot a victim and was…