Glisson v. State

HARWOOD, Justice.

As pointed out in the majority opinion of the Court of Appeals on rehearing, since the Penal Code of 1866, Section 260, it has been the established policy of this state that terms of sentences are to run consecutively, and not concurrently.

As observed in State ex rel. McQueen v. Horton, 31 Ala.App. 71, 14 So.2d 557:

“It is definitely the policy, and provision, of our law that two (or more) terms of imprisonment in the penitentiary imposed upon a convict for separate convictions shall be served consecutively, not concurrently. Code 1940, Title 45, Sec. 32. This could only mean…