The People, Plaintiff and Respondent v. Jarvonne Feredell Jones, Defendant and Appellant — Werdegar, J., Concurring

Summary

Justice Werdegar concurs in the result that the defendant may be punished only once for possessing a loaded firearm, but would apply the established intent-and-objective approach rather than rely on the majority's characterization of the crimes as one physical act. She reasons that the Legislature has not changed that approach and that section 654 should generally prohibit multiple punishment absent multiple objectives, multiple victims, or an express or implied statutory exception. Justice Liu, concurring, likewise agrees with one punishment but would resolve the case under the intent-and-objective test because the majority's physical-act analysis provides insufficient guidance.