What is the effect of concurrent sentences in criminal law?
The following excerpt is from People ex rel. Wasmund v. Wallack, 202 N.Y.S.2d 333, 25 Misc.2d 277 (N.Y. Cty. Ct. 1960):
'When concurrent sentences are imposed, there is no double punishment--there is a single punishment measured by the sentence for the highest grade offense into which all concurrent sentences merge. In other words, in the language of section 1938, defendant is punished under 'one of those provisions, but not under more than one'. * * * It does not leave an admittedly valid conviction without a judgment thereon, and thus complies with section 471 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and our holding in Hogan v. Bohan, 305 N.Y. 110, 112, 111 N.
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