Thompson v. State

OPINION

DAUGHTREY, Judge.

The principal issue raised by this appeal concerns the validity of the trial court’s order running the sentence imposed in this case consecutively to any sentence which might later be imposed as the result of charges then pending in another county which had not yet produced a conviction or other final judgment. We hold that the trial court’s attempt to engage in what amounts to consecutive sentencing in futuro was without efficacy.

On June 15, 1976, the defendant-appellant, Donnie Thompson, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of second degree burglary in return for the…