What is the test for a judge to order two concurrent sentences in a single case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Robinson, F064249 (Cal. App. 2013):
The decision whether to order sentences to run concurrently or consecutively is vested to the trial court's exercise of discretion. (People v. Bradford (1976) 17 Cal.3d 8, 20.) This decision is reviewed under the deferential abuse of discretion standard. "Discretion is abused when the court exceeds the bounds of reason, all of the circumstances being considered." (Ibid.)
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