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DAVIS v. UNITED STATES

No. 13146.

397 A.2d 951 (1979)

Sheila DAVIS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 29, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael B. Waitzkin, Public Defender Service, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

John H. Korns, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., and John A. Terry, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., were on brief, for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, and HARRIS, Associate Judge, and MENCHER, Associate Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

MENCHER, Associate Judge:

This case presents the question of whether judges of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, pursuant to the provisions of D.C.Code 1973, § 16-710, have authority to impose a split sentence, i. e., a sentence on one count which imposes a term of incarceration, suspends only part of it, and places the defendant on probation following his release from incarceration in lieu of the...

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