When a judge delays a defendant's serving of a sentence after he or she has been convicted or found guilty in order to allow the defendant to perform a period of community supervision, it is referred to as a(n) ________. 

A. intermediate sanction
B. suspended sentence
C. straight sentence
D. sentencing enhancement


Answer: B

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