Thompson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “We conclude ... that under the terms of the statute a sentence may only be run consecutively to a previously imposed sentence. There is no statutory authority for the in futuro order entered in this case. It would be solely within the discretion of the Moore County Court to determine whether a sentence resulting from a subsequent Moore County conviction should be served consecutively to or concurrently with the pre-existing Coffee County sentence now under review.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Arnold

2. “Concurrent or cumulative sentences. — (a) When any person has been convicted of two (2) or more offenses, judgment shall be rendered on each conviction after the first, providing that the terms of imprisonment to which such person is sentenced shall run concurrently or cumulatively in the discretion of the trial judge.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Arnold