Section 15-18-4 Service of State Sentence Concurrently with Federal Sentence in Federal Penal System

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Alabama Code › Title 15 › Chapter 18 › Section 15-18-4

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When an offender who is under sentence from a federal court is convicted in a state court, the state judge, in his discretion, may impose a sentence to be served concurrently with the federally imposed sentence, in the federal penal system.

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