Davis v. United States

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 fol*953lowing his release from incarceration in lieu of the suspended balance of the prison term.

I. BACKGROUND

On August 5, 1977, appellant, Shelia Davis, entered pleas of guilty before the Honorable William C. Pryor to one count of petit…