The justices agreed with a convict from the Bronx, ruling that judges can order prison sentences to run at the same time, rather than consecutively.
delivered good news to criminal defendants this week, allowing prison sentences to run concurrently, rather than consecutively.
Lora appealed, arguing that the two sentences could be served at the same time, bringing down the total time to 25 years instead of 30. In an opinion written by JusticeJustices of the U.S. Supreme Court pose for their official photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on October 7, 2022.
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