Consecutive Splits

Published for NC Criminal Law on October 22, 2015.

I am asked from time to time whether imprisonment terms for special probation (split sentences) may be run consecutively. I think they probably may. For example, suppose a prior conviction level III defendant is convicted of two Class 1 misdemeanor offenses. If the court imposes a 120-day suspended sentence for each conviction, the maximum permissible ... Read more

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