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5 By prohibiting multiple punishments for a single criminal act Penal Code section 654. affords protection beyond and different from that given by either the constitutional proscrip-. tion of subsequent jeopardy or the implementation of that doctrine by Penal Code section 1023..
A person can be charged at any time for the following: 1  Federal crimes punishable by death (U.S. Code 18 Section 3281) 2  Terrorism crimes that resulted in death or serious bodily injury (U.S. Code 18 Section 3286) 3  Sex crimes with a minor (U.S. Code 18 Section 3283)