State v. Luke

Two criminal cases are consolidated for the purposes of this appeal. The question presented is whether or not the provisions for the concurrent service of the sen tences imposed upon defendant by the judgments in those causes are valid and can be enforced.

From the agreed statement of facts, it appears that: defendant was convicted February 3, 1949, upon his plea of guilty in Benton county cause No. 1341, charging forgery in the first degree in one count, and in Benton county cause No. 1476, charging the same crime in three counts; both convictions were had before sentence was pronounced for…