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§ 19.2-308 When two or more sentences run concurrently

When any person is convicted of two or more offenses, and sentenced to confinement, such sentences shall not run concurrently, unless expressly ordered by the court.

History

The record of this law’s original creation isn’t available online. The oldest record of it is its appearance in the Code of Virginia of 1950, as § 19.1-294. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1960, chapter 366; in 1975, chapter 495.

Code 1950, § 19.1-294; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.

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Court Decisions

Commonwealth of Virginia v. Shawn Lynn Botkin (COA, 10/24/17)
. . . COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA . . .

Dustin Lee Hamilton v. Commonwealth of Virginia (COA, 02/06/24)
. . . COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA . . .

Commonwealth of Virginia v. Charles Lordell Jefferson, Jr. (COA, 10/16/12)
. . . FELTON, Chief Judge. . . .

Botkin v. Commonwealth (SCV, 11/01/18)
. . . OPINION BY JUSTICE S. BERNARD GOODWYN . . .

Botkin v. Commonwealth (SCV, 11/01/18)
. . . PRESENT: Lemons, C.J., Goodwyn, Mims, Powell, Kelsey and McCullough, JJ., and . . .

Wood v. Commonwealth (COA, 08/27/91)
. . . 408 S.E.2d 568 (1991) . . .

Pierce v. Commonwealth (COA, 08/29/06)
. . . 633 S.E.2d 755 (2006) . . .

Brown v. Commonwealth (SCV, 11/01/12)
. . . Present: All the Justices . . .

Moore v. Commonwealth (COA, 04/21/98)
. . . 497 S.E.2d 908 (1998) . . .

Robertson v. SUPER. OF WISE CORR. UNIT (SCV, 06/10/94)
. . . 445 S.E.2d 116 (1994) . . .

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