Opinion ID: 1814885
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Heading: Concurrent or Consecutive Sentences.

Text: If the court imposes consecutive sentences, the second or further sentence begins at the expiration of the first or succeeding sentence. See Iowa Code § 901.8. Consecutive sentences are construed as one continuous sentence in granting or forfeiting of good conduct time. Id. § 903A.7. If the court imposes concurrent sentences, the sentences must be served simultaneously in whole or in part. Walton v. State, 407 N.W.2d 588, 590 (Iowa 1987). To be entitled to sentence credit for presentence time served, the defendant must have been detained for the offense of which he ultimately is convicted. Id. at 591. A defendant is not entitled to presentence time served while incarcerated on an unrelated conviction. State v. Orte, 540 N.W.2d 435, 438 (Iowa 1995).