P. v. Quinonez
Law enforcement officers investigated reports of four pipe bombs--two at an elementary school, one at a children's center, and one in an orchard. Meanwhile, as law enforcement officers were occupied investigating the bomb reports two masked men entered a business in a different part of town, pointed a semi-automatic handgun at the employees, and demanded cashA criminal law decision regarding conspiracy to commit robbery, possession of a destructive device near a school or other public place, making a false bomb report to a peace officer, and attempted robbery. On appeal, defendant challenges the admissibility of his confession and the trial court's exclusion of other statements made in the course of his interviews with the police. The appeals court finds no merit in these contentions. The appelas court finds merit in defendant's final argument that section 654 prohibits punishment for conspiracy and for the substantive crimes that were the object of the conspiracy. Accordingly, the appeals court reverse the judgment and remand the matter to the trial court for resentencing.
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