Legal Question in Criminal Law in Mississippi

serving two life sentences

A friend of mine while serving a life sentence in one state jurisdiction was wavied to stand trial in another state where another life sentence was handed down then sent to prison for 6 months before being returned to the first state, after serving 16 yrs was paroled then the second state took over and is now serving there again. Can a sentence be started and then stopped. Is this standard procedure? Have his rights been violated?


Asked on 3/12/09, 10:07 pm

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Wayne Woodall Wayne Woodall Attorney

Re: serving two life sentences

Service of a sentence can be started and then stopped, and in fact this is done quite frequently with respect to probation programs in which the defendant violates the rules for continued release. The specific answer to your question depends on the laws of the two states involved in this specific sentence scenario. Whether or not "rights have been violated" cannot be ascertained from the information provided. More details are needed to examine that issue.

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Answered on 3/12/09, 10:23 pm


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