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352 So. 2d 836

Clift v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided November 2, 1976

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · decided 1976-11-02

Cited by 3 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 1980

2 state decisions

Key passage — most relied on by later courts

“"The sole and only issue presented on this appeal is whether the ten year sentence for robbery should be concurrent with the prior sentence of twenty-five years for murder in the second degree. We hold that appellant is entitled to the relief sought."”

quoted by 1 later decision, including Clift v. State

Relies on 55 Ala. App. 466 - Jones v. State · 56 Ala. App. 414 - Burress v. State

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Decided 1976-11-02

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HARRIS, Judge.

¶1Appellant was convicted of robbery and sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary.

¶2Appellant moved the trial court to enter an order that the ten year sentence for robbery be made concurrent with a twenty-five year sentence for murder in the second degree which arose out of the same transaction and occurrence for which he was subsequently convicted of robbery.

¶3The trial court made the following order:

“IN CIRCUIT COURT FOR MADISON COUNTY, ALABAMA
STATE OF ALABAMA,
PLAINTIFF
VERSUS CASE NO. 74-718F
BILLY RAY CLIFT,
DEFENDANT
“The defendant has moved that the Court order that the sentence of ten (10) years imprisonment imposed upon the defendant on June 17, 1975, following his conviction of robbery, be served concurrent with the sentence of twenty-five (25) years imprisonment imposed upon him on April 7, 1975, following his conviction of murder in the second degree in case number 74-720F. Upon consideration of the motion the Court is of the opinion that the motion is due to be, and the same is hereby, denied. Jones v. State, 316 So.2d 713 (1975).
“This 15th day of April. 1976.
fsig-nedl Wm. D. Pap-e_
CIRCUIT JUDGE”

¶4The sole and only issue presented on this appeal is whether the ten year sentence for robbery should be concurrent with the prior sentence of twenty-five years for murder in the second degree. We hold that appellant is entitled to the relief sought. Burress v. State, 56 Ala.App. 414, 321 So.2d 752.

¶5It is, therefore, the order and judgment of this Court that the sentence of ten years imposed upon appellant following his conviction of robbery on June 17, 1975. (Circuit Court Case No. 74-718F), is to run concurrently with the first ten years of the twenty-five year sentence imposed upon appellant following his conviction for murder in the second degree on April 7,1975. (Circuit Court Case No. 74-720F). The murder conviction was not appealed.

¶6Robbery conviction is affirmed but cause remanded for concurrent sentence.

All the Judges concur, except CATES, P. J., not sitting.
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