Morris v. Commonwealth

COMBS, Justice.

The appellant, Morris, was tried on separate indictments for two offenses of armed robbery. He pleaded guilty to each indictment and a jury in each case fixed his punishment at life imprisonment. The court entered an order on the first indictment in accordance with the jury’s verdict sentencing appellant to life imprisonment, the sentence being in the usual stereotyped form. On the second indictment, appellant was sentenced to a second term of life imprisonment, the order providing that the sentence shall commence when appellant is released from service of confinement under the…