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Q: Can sentences run concurrently on different cases in the state of Tennessee?

My son was found guilty in one case and has been sentenced. He has another case in which a plea deal has been offered but he has to make parole for the first sentence and then complete the second. Can this sentences not run together?

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  • Knoxville, TN
  • Licensed in Tennessee

A: Different criminal convictions can have the sentences run concurrently. But it is very difficult to get all the DA's and Judges to so agree, which needs to be specifically stated in all the Judgments of Convictions. Usually they will not agree and the sentences run consecutively. If all charges are in the same judicial district but different Counties, it is alot easier to put this global concurrent sentencing together. Your Son's attorneys can try, but it is doubtful.

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