concurrent sentence doctrine

concurrent-sentence doctrine. The principle that an appellate court affirming a conviction and sentence need not hear a challenge to a conviction on another count if the conviction on the other count carries a sentence that is equal to or less than the affirmed conviction. [Cases: Criminal Law 1177. C.J.S. Criminal Law § 1723.]
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