State v. Valrand

The substance of the transferred question is whether a municipal court has authority to order that a suspended sentence be served in installments. In July 1960 the defendant received a six-months sentence to the house of correction which was suspended during his good behavior. In September 1960 for a second conviction of a misdemeanor, the municipal court ordered that he serve thirty days of his previous six-months suspended sentence. In March 1961 for a third conviction of a misdemeanor, the court ordered the defendant to serve five months of his previous six-months suspended sentence. The…