People v. Montgomery

KELLY, Judge.

Defendant, Ronald Steven Montgomery, appeals the trial court’s denial of his Crim.P. 35(a) motion for correction of allegedly illegal sentences. Relying on § 18-1 — 408(3), C.R.S.1973 (1978 Repl. Vol. 8), defendant contends that his three life sentences should run concurrently because they were based on a series of acts arising from *284the same criminal episode. We disagree with his contention, but reach the result he seeks on jurisdictional grounds. People v. Hinchman, 196 Colo. 526, 589 P.2d 917 (1978).

In December 1975, defendant drove a pickup truck containing 300 pounds of…