Taylor v. Green

Gunter, Justice.

The basis for this habeas corpus appeal is that the Chatham Superior Court’s oral pronouncement of a seven-year sentence for the offenses of robbery, the sentence appellant is presently serving, did not specify whether the sentence was to be served consecutively to or concurrently with a prior sentence imposed by the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

The State court’s written order provided for a consecutive sentence, and the contention is that, under the provisions of Code Ann. § 27-2510 (b), in the absence of a provision for a consecutive…