Legal Question in Criminal Law in Georgia

concurrent sentence

I have a family member that is serving a sentence in the state of Alabama. He also had a charge against him in the state of GA, to which he plead guilty to (he took a plea bargain). His sentenced in Georgia is to be run concurrent with his Alabama sentence. He was already incarcerated in AL during his GA court hearing. What exactly does this entail? He will be eligable for parole in AL in 2009. The board of parole in GA says he's eligable there in 2015. If his sentence is running concurrent...does he still have to make parole through GA?


Asked on 10/14/06, 12:48 am

2 Answers from Attorneys
Glen Ashman Ashman Law Office also dba Glen Ashman Attorney

Re: concurrent sentence

Yes (on the listed facts, his Georgia release date will be later than his Alabama one).

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Answered on 10/14/06, 1:01 am
Billy Tomlinson Tomlinson & Associates, LLC

Re: concurrent sentence

A concurrent sentence means that the two sentences run at the same time. For example, if you have a 3 year sentence and a 10 years sentence ... instead of having to serve 13 years if the sentences were consecutive you would only serve 10 if they were CONCURRENT. Basically, your family member will have to serve the longest of the two sentences. Once his AL time is up he will be transferred to GA to finish serving his GA sentence. He will then be paroled from GA when he is eligable by GA standards.

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Answered on 10/14/06, 8:30 am


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