Legal Question in Constitutional Law in Florida
concurrent
what does the word concurrent mean,how does it work and can
I use it on a felony crime?
Asked on 11/05/03, 11:45 am
1 Answer from Attorneys
Charles Aspinwall
Charles S. Aspinwall, J.D., LLC
Re: concurrent
In the criminal law 'concurrent' usually refers to sentencing options a judge has when the defendant before him has been convicted of two or more crimes. In street lingo concurrent sentences are called "side-by-side" as each day of a prison sentence served counts as a day for each crime, or doing a "twofer." The opposite of concurrent is 'consecutive' or "stacked", meaning when one completes a sentence for the first crime, s/he then proceeds to serve the second sentence, and so forth.
Answered on 11/05/03, 11:56 am