People v. Corpening

**381 Cuéllar, J.

*309 Because our Penal Code is so expansive, the same conduct can violate more than one criminal statute. When that happens, Penal Code section 654, subdivision (a), 1 prohibits "punish[ment] under more than one provision" for any "act or omission that is punishable in different ways by different provisions of law." The defendant in this case was convicted of both carjacking and robbery based on the same forceful taking of a vehicle. What we must decide is whether the forceful taking of this vehicle-the same taking that, according to the prosecution, accomplished the crimes of…