United States Ninth Circuit

Defendant's murder and robbery convictions are affirmed in part where the Federal Juvenile Delinquency Act does not require that charges added after a juvenile's transfer to adult status be the subject of an additional transfer hearing, but vacated in part where sentencing Defendant both for felony murder and second-degree murder and robbery violated the Double Jeopardy Clause.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/20/2008
• Decided 02/26/2009
• Published 02/26/2009

Judges

• CLIFTON, Circuit Judge:, Before:  PROCTER HUG, JR., JANE R. ROTH, and RICHARD R. CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• James Sun Park, Park Law Offices, PLC, Phoenix, AZ, for defendant-appellant., Diane J. Humetewa, United States Attorney District of Arizona;  Christina M. Cabanillas, Appellate Chief;  and Vincent Q. Kirby (argued), Assistant United States Attorney, Phoenix, AZ, for plaintiff-appellee.