Crumbley v. State

Fletcher, Justice.

Troy Paul Crumbley was sentenced to life imprisonment after pleading guilty to the murder of Tommy Williams. The judge ordered Crumbley’s sentence “to run concurrently with federal case #87-250-A now serving,” although Crumbley was not serving any federal sentence at that time. He pled guilty that day to two federal charges; the federal court sentenced him four months later. Three years later, Crumbley filed a motion for entry of a valid judgment of sentence. He argues that his sentence of life imprisonment is void because his federal sentence had not been imposed when the…