Consecutive Sentences Definition: Sentences which run one after the other. In Wilkinson, Justice Leben of the Kansas Court of Appeals remarked;"Concurrent 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."Consecutive sentences may remain distinct. Consider this from State v Keene:"Consecutive sentences are separate punishments for different offenses and two sentences do not become a single sentence by virtue of their running consecutively."REFERENCES: Duhaime, Lloyd, Criminal LawDuhaime, Lloyd, Legal Definition of Concurrent Sentence Duhaime, Lloyd, Legal Definition of SentenceDuhaime, Lloyd, Duhaime's Legal Dictionary Duhaime, Lloyd, Duhaime's Legal Citations & Abbreviations State v. Keene, 927 A. 2d 398 (Maine Supreme Judicial Court, 2007)Wilkinson v. State, 195 P. 3d 278 (Kansas, 2008) Categories & Topics: Criminal Law Dictionary Find you are constantly looking up definitions? Try our search provider (works in most modern browsers) If you find an error or omission in Duhaime's Legal Dictionary, or if you have legal term suggestion, we'd love to hear from you!