Legal Question in Criminal Law in Indiana

If someone is sentenced a consecutive sentence on the same cause number, shouldn't that be concurrent? Is it legal for someone to serve two consecutive sentences under the same cause number?


Asked on 4/30/14, 8:24 am

1 Answer from Attorneys

Jay Rigdon Rockhill Pinnick LLP

Separate cause numbers have nothing to do with it. Sentences for two separate crimes can run consecutively, one cause number or two.

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Answered on 4/30/14, 8:25 am


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