Legal Opinion
Watts v. Hadden
District Court, D. Colorado
Decided April 20, 1979No. Civil Action 78 M 495, 78 M 584, 78 M 618, 78 M 619, 78 M 633, 78 M 669, 78 M 715, 78 M 752, 78 M 889, 78 M 1116 and 79 M 12PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
MATSCH, District Judge.
In 1974 the United States Supreme Court made a thorough review of the legislative history and language of the Youth Corrections Act (YCA), 18 U.S.C. § 5005 et seq., and held that because the Congress had so clearly constructed a comprehensive program of rehabilitative treatment and supervision for offenders less than 22 years old, no such person could be given a regular sentence in the absence of an explicit finding by the sentencing judge that the defendant would not benefit from such alternative treatment. Dorszynski v. United States, 418…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Tennessee Valley Authority v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Peyton v. RoweSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Dickey v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Dorszynski v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Auckland Holmes v. United States Board of Parole and United States Bureau of PrisonsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Jerry Wayne Watts v. John T. Hadden, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1981
- John S. Marshall v. W. L. Garrison, Warden, Maurice Sigler, Chairman, U.S. Parole CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1981
- Leon Robinson v. John T. Hadden, and the United States Parole CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1983
- Allen v. HaddenDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 1982
- Johnson v. BellDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1980
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