People v. Jones

*352Opinion

CHIN, J.

Defendant Jarvonne Feredell Jones, a convicted felon, carried a loaded and concealed firearm. We must decide to what extent, if any, he may be punished separately for the crimes of possession of a firearm by a felon, carrying a readily accessible concealed and unregistered firearm, and carrying an unregistered loaded firearm in public. The question requires us to interpret Penal Code section 654,1 which prohibits multiple punishment for “[a]n act . . . that is punishable in different ways by different provisions of law.” Because different provisions of law punish in different…