People v. Wright

OPINION OF THE COURT

Catterson, J.

In his appeal from convictions for first-degree murder and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, the defendant claims that the court erred in imposing consecutive sentences because he acted with singular intent during one criminal transaction. However, recent Court of Appeals decisions reiterate that the test for determining the legality of consecutive sentences is “not whether the criminal intent is one and the same [in each crime] . . . , but whether separate acts have been committed with the requisite criminal intent.” (See People v McKnight, 16…