Concurrent Prison Sentences?

Question

In another question I asked a couple of days ago Caicos said:

It is in your interests to be sentenced for the dangerous driving while you are a serving prisoner, as you can pay off the fine by serving extra days or alternatively serve a concurrent/consecutive prison sentence for the dangerous driving.

Does this mean that if I get sentenced to a concurrent sentence I don't have to do the extra sentence as it is done at the same time as the original longer sentence?

If it's a fine how do they work out the number of days instead of paying the fine and do I get a choice about that?

Didn't know about this before.

Answer 1

A concurrent sentence will be served at the same time as the longer sentence. Any days added for a fine will be served consecutive thou. I had to serve an extra 21 days for a £1600 fine. So work it out along them lines.

Answer 2

Your sentence is included with the old one for concurrent.Fine will be

outstanding until you pay.The time given for failure to pay will be given

at sentence.If you have for example 9 months and your given

another lesser than that.You serve no extra time.

Answer 3

Yes, Concurrent means - to run along side with - consecutive means - to follow on from. When sentencing the judge will look at the deterrent factor and wther it is in the public interest. So, a consecutive sentence may not have any impact as you are aleady serving a sentence. A concurrent will run along side your present sentence and thus give you a chance to rehabilitate yourself as you are already serving a sentence. You can get a long concurrent sentence which takes you past your present sentence. There is a formula when counting the days relative to a fine. You only have any say in it if you are in prison for non payment of a fine, thus you pay the fine and get out.  Concurrent sentences are technically NOT freebies because if you appeal on the first sentence and win you still stay in prison to serve the second sentence.

Answer 4

If you have outstanding tickets and your in prison they will or should be giving you time served and dismiss them.  If your in prison there won't be a fine.

My son got arrested for theft and had outstanding traffic tickets/warrants, he spoke to the prison officials and requested time served and he got it.  The prison notifies the county where the violation occured and they clear it.

Answer 5

for example, if you were to get an extra 7 days to run concurrent the 7 days would run along side your current sentence.

if you were to get 7 days to run consecutive then you would actually serve the extra 7 days

it is in your best interests to get sentenced whilst already in prison as they tend to be more lenient as regards to the sentence

hope this helps

Tracey x*x

Answer 6

Concurrent means two or more sentences run at the same time.  Consecutive means they run one after the other.

So for example two six month sentences - concurrent would be a total of six months, consecutive would amount to 12 months.  

Answer 7

I'm not sure I'm cool with trying to make you more comfortable with having driven recklessly while you were busy irritating a whole 'nother bunch of folks, but concurrently does mean you could essentially get a "freebie" since it would be served at the same time as the rest of your sentence. I wish you the best of luck.