Duhaime's Law Dictionary


Concurrent Sentence Definition:

A sentence which runs with another.

In Wilkinson, Justice Leben of the Kansas Court of Appeals remarked;

"[C]oncurrent sentences all share the same clock: the defendant serves only the longest sentence as less serious ones tick away alongside it.

"Consecutive sentences run separately and result in longer time in prison."

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