United States Ninth Circuit
US v. JUVENILE, 02-30253
The sentence imposed on a juvenile by the district court as a result of his guilty plea delinquency adjudication is reversed where the sentence was both arbitrary and in direct contravention of the rehabilitative purposes of the Federal Juvenile Deliquency Act (FJDA).
Appellate Information
- Argued 06/03/2003
- Decided 10/23/2003
- Published 10/23/2003
Judges
- Before DONALD P. LAY,WARREN J. FERGUSON, and RONALD M. GOULD, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- David F. Ness, Assistant Federal Defender, Great Fall, MT, for the defendant-appellant., Marcia Hurd (argued), Marcia Good Sept, Assistant United States Attorneys, Billings, MT, for the plaintiff-appellee.