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I thought a conviction was sentenced based on the most severe available for a set of charges, not all charges cumulatively. There were a lot of articles recent
by Zikes 12y ago
I thought a conviction was sentenced based on the most severe available for a set of charges, not all charges cumulatively. There were a lot of articles recently about how the media often used some common misunderstanding to say someone faced "centuries" behind bars for something that probably would've maxed out around 20 years.
- mikeyouse 12y agoRunning a "Continuing Criminal Enterprise" (one of the charges he was just convicted of) comes with a 20-year mandatory minimum sentence. http://www.ussc.gov/guidelines-manual/2014/2014-chapter-2-d#2d15 http://www.ussc.gov/guidelines-manual/2014/2014-chapter-2-d#... Depending on how everything else stacks up, he could certainly see 25+ years, but most of the sentences will run concurrently.
- stonemetal 12y agoConsecutive is the default if the judge doesn't specify. Some laws require consecutive. Other than that it is up to the judge to specify. http://criminal.lawyers.com/criminal-law-basics/how-do-multiple-convictions-affect-my-sentence.html http://criminal.lawyers.com/criminal-law-basics/how-do-multi... >If a judge wants to order the sentences to run consecutively or concurrently, she must state so specifically in the sentencing order, which is the court document that sets a defendant's sentences. If she doesn't do so, the sentences will run consecutively automatically.