Legal Question in Criminal Law in Kentucky

Re: Please help my sister

There must be a mis-print. You wanted to know the difference between "consecutive" and "conclusive" in connection with your sister's sentence. There is no term such as "conclusive" in sentencing. Whenever a person faces more than one count that he/she has been found or has pled guilty to, the Court must decide whether to run the sentences "consecutive", that is one after another or that the sentences run "concurrent" (not conclusive)and that is that the sentence run at the same time. For example: a person has been found guilty (or pled guilty) to "trafficking in a controlled substance and receives a sentence of 5 years" and also "possession of controlled substances" and receives a sentence of 1 year. These can run "consecutive", which means an effective sentence of 6 years or "concurrent" which would mean they run at the same time making an effective sentence of 5 years.