Shinn v. State

ROBERTS, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. When sentencing a felony offender for multiple convictions, it is important for our trial judges to specify in their sentencing orders whether the sentences are ordered to run concurrently or consecutively to one another. Today’s case illustrates the problems that develop when sentencing orders are entered and are silent as to whether the sentencing orders are concurrent or consecutive. The majority rule requires that silent sentencing orders which do not specify whether the sentences are ordered to run concurrently or consecutively should be construed as…