In re Weisman

Citations

• 93 Kan. 161
• 143 P. 487
• 1914 Kan. LEXIS 400

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Two Convictions — Two Offenses — Form of Sentences — Periods of Imprisonment Ran Concurrently, Not Consecutively. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 250 of the criminal code, which declares that where a person is convicted of two or more offenses at the same time, the imprisonment upon the second or subsequent convictions shall commence at the termination of the imprisonment upon prior convictions, if it is not stated in either of two sentences imposed at the same time that one shall take effect at the expiration of the other, the periods of imprisonment named therein run concurrently and are executed simultaneously. Upon the expiration of one of such periods of time the petitioner is entitled to be discharged upon habeas corpus.</p>