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

Summary

Justice Liu agrees that Penal Code section 654 permits only one punishment for Jones's convictions for possessing, carrying concealed, and carrying loaded a firearm, but rejects the majority's single-physical-act rationale. He would apply the established intent-and-objective test, under which Jones's conduct shared the single objective of possessing the firearm for protection. Justice Werdegar, concurring, likewise agrees with the result and urges a presumption that section 654 applies unless multiple objectives, multiple victims, or an express or implied statutory exception exists.