Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit October 30, 1987, 86-5827 (United States v. Pierre Guevremont)

OPINION OF THE COURT

BECKER, Circuit Judge.

18 U.S.C. § 3651, the so-called “split sentence” statute, empowers the judge to

impose a sentence in excess of six months and provide that the defendant be confined in a jail-type institution or a treatment institution for a period not exceeding six months and that the execution of the remainder of the sentence be suspended and the defendant placed on