KRS 532.110: Concurrent and consecutive terms of imprisonment.

(1) When multiple sentences of imprisonment are imposed on a defendant for more

than one (1) crime, including a crime for which a previous sentence of probation or

conditional discharge has been revoked, the multiple sentences shall run

concurrently or consecu tively as the court shall determine at the time of sentence,

except that:

(a) A definite and an indeterminate term shall run concurrently and both

sentences shall be satisfied by service of the indeterminate term;

(b) The aggregate of consecutive definite terms shall not exceed one (1) year;

(c) 1. Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this subsection, the aggregate of

consecutive indeterminate terms shall not exceed in maximum length

the longest extended term which would be authorized by KRS 532.080

for the highest class of crime for which any of the sentences is imposed,

except as described in KRS 533.060(2) or (3).

2. In no event shall the aggregate of consecutive indeterminate terms

exceed seventy (70) years; and

(d) The sentences of a defendant convict ed of two (2) or more felony sex crimes,

as defined in KRS 17.500, involving two (2) or more victims shall run

consecutively.

(2) If the court does not specify the manner in which a sentence imposed by it is to run,

the sentence shall run concurrently with any other sentence which the defendant

must serve unless the sentence is required by subsection (3) of this section or KRS

533.060 to run consecutively.

(3) Notwithstanding any provision in this section to the contrary, if a person is

convicted of an offense that is committed while he or she is imprisoned in a penal

or reformatory institution, during an escape from imprisonment, or while he or she

awaits impri sonment, the sentence imposed for that offense may be added to the

portion of the term which remained unserved at the time of the commission of the

offense. The sentence imposed upon any person convicted of an escape or

attempted escape offense shall run c onsecutively with any other sentence which the

defendant must serve.

(4) Notwithstanding any provision in this chapter to the contrary, if a person is

convicted of an offense that is committed while he or she is imprisoned in a penal

or reformatory institution, the sentence imposed for that offense may, upon order of

the trial court, be served in that institution. The person may be transferred to

another institution pursuant to administrative regulations of the Department of

Corrections.