State v. Brudos

The defendant, having pleaded guilty orally and in writing and with the advice of counsel to three first-degree murders, received three consecutive life sentences. He appeals from these convictions and sentences assigning as error: (1) the court’s acceptance of his guilty pleas, and (2) the imposition of consecutive life sentences.

With regard to the second assignment of error the thrust of the defendant’s argument is that once a person has received a life sentence for an offense all sentences for other crimes, no matter how serious, must run concurrently with the previously-imposed life…