L.R. v. State

SHORES, Justice.

We granted certiorari in this case because the opinion of the Court of Criminal Appeals appeared to conflict with that court’s holding in Hastings v. State, 549 So.2d 115 (Ala.Cr.App.1988). We reverse and remand.

L.R., the petitioner, was granted youthful offender status by the trial court and pleaded guilty to, and was adjudicated guilty of, two offenses charged by indictments in Morgan County Circuit Court. The trial court sentenced L.R. to two consecutive three-year prison terms, with sentence for one conviction being split so that L.R. was directed to serve eight months,…