United States Ninth Circuit

A district court's finding that defendant was a juvenile delinquent for drug-related offenses is reversed in part and remanded for further proceedings as to "harmless error" analysis where government officials committed multiple violations of the Juvenile Delinquency Act (JDA), and the error was potentially prejudicial.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/05/2006
• Decided 06/30/2006
• Published 06/30/2006

Judges

• PREGERSON, Circuit Judge., Before MYRON H. BRIGHT,HARRY PREGERSON, and ARTHUR L. ALARCÓN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Michelle Betancourt, Federal Defenders of San Diego, San Diego, CA, for the defendant-appellant., Randy K. Jones, Assistant United States Attorney, San Diego, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee.