When both consecutive and concurrent sentences are being served, they are to be combined into one term in order to calculate the prisoner’s release date, even if separately imposed.
Citations:
Times 13-Mar-1998, [1998] UKHL 11, [1998] 1 All ER 929, [1998] 2 WLR 530, [1999] AC 43
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England and Wales
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Applied – Regina v Brown (AA) CACD 22-Apr-1998
The appellant appealed a sentence of 18 months imprisonment for dwelling house burglaries, ordered to be served consecutively to a sentence of 2.5 years for similar offences. The combination turned him into a long term prisoner, who would have to . .
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Criminal Sentencing
Updated: 31 May 2022; Ref: scu.158942
