Vermont § 7032 - Consecutive sentences

§ 7032. Consecutive sentences

• (a) If a person who has been sentenced to a term or terms of imprisonment is convicted
  of another offense punishable by imprisonment before he or she has been discharged
  from the former sentence or sentences, the court may sentence him or her to an additional
  term of imprisonment and shall specify whether this additional term shall be served
  concurrent with or consecutive to the prior sentence or sentences. (b) In any case where a person is convicted of two or more offenses punishable by imprisonment
  and is sentenced for more than one of these offenses, he or she may be sentenced to
  as many terms as there are offenses of which he or she is convicted. When such multiple
  sentences are imposed they shall run concurrent with or consecutive to each other
  as the court determines at the time of sentencing and each shall run from its respective
  date of commitment after sentence. When such multiple sentences are in addition to
  a prior sentence or sentences from which the person has not yet been discharged, they
  shall run concurrently with or consecutive to any prior sentence or sentences as the
  court shall determine at the time of sentencing. (c) In all cases where multiple or additional sentences have been or are imposed, the
  term or terms of imprisonment under those sentences shall be determined in accordance
  with the following definitions: (1) When terms run concurrently, the shorter minimum terms merge in and are satisfied
  by serving the longest minimum and the shorter maximum terms merge in and are satisfied
  by discharge of the longest maximum term. (2) When terms run consecutively, the minimum terms are added to arrive at an aggregate
  minimum to be served equal to the sum of all minimum terms and the maximum terms are
  added to arrive at an aggregate maximum equal to the sum of all maximum terms. A person
  shall serve no more time on consecutive minimum sentences than the sum of the minimum
  terms, regardless of whether the sentences are imposed on the same or different dates.
  If a person has served a minimum term and subsequently incurs another criminal charge,
  the time the person spends in custody awaiting disposition of the new charge shall
  count toward the minimum term of the new sentence, if one is imposed. This subdivision
  shall not require the Department of Corrections to release a person from incarceration
  to community supervision at the person’s minimum term. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 2013, No. 4, § 2, eff. April 3, 2013.)