Successive Sentences Legal Meaning and Definition

Here is a simplified definition of the legal term Successive Sentences.

Successive Sentences (noun):

Successive sentences refer to the type of punishment in which a person found guilty of multiple crimes must serve the sentence for each crime one after the other. This means the total time of punishment is the sum of all the sentences. For instance, if an offender is found guilty of three crimes and is sentenced to 15 years, 10 years, and 5 years for each crime, they must serve a total of 30 years, one sentence after another. This contrasts with concurrent sentences where the offender serves all sentences at the same time, only fulfilling the longest sentence's duration.