People v. Siko

Opinion

KAUFMAN, J.

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) 8 Cal.3d 625, 636-639 [105 Cal.Rptr. 681, 504 P.2d 905].) In 1979 the Legislature enacted section 667.6 of the Penal Code1 to increase the punishment for persons convicted of serious sex offenses in certain…