State v. . Duncan

At the trial of this action the defendant was convicted on both counts in the consolidated indictment — on the first count, of murder in the second degree, and on the second count of manslaughter. He was sentenced by the court to imprisonment in the State’s Prison, on each verdict, for a term of not less than fifteen or more than twenty years. It is not ordered in the judgment that one term shall commence at the expiration of the other. The terms of the sentences on both convictions are concurrent. In In re Black, 162 N. C., 457, 78 S. E., 273, it is said: “It seems to be well settled by many…