Patterson v. State

The trial court’s discretion to sentence a defendant concurrently or consecutively is at issue in this appeal. The defendant appeals a consecutive Prison Releasee Reof-fender [“PRR”] sentence imposed after having been convicted for an offense that occurred while the defendant was serving another sentence in an unrelated' case. He argues the trial court erred in failing to recognize it had discretion to impose a concurrent sentence. We agree and reverse.

The defendant was convicted of aggravated battery for an attack on another inmate while he was incarcerated for á separate carjacking…