Legal Opinion
Veney v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 25, 1996No. 93-CF-456PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON REHEARING EN BANC
SCHWELB, Associate Judge:
Pursuant to the terms of a negotiated plea agreement, Tycho Veney was convicted of manslaughter while armed. D.C.Code §§ 22-2401, -3202 (1996). Through counsel, Veney, who was then nineteen years of age, requested the trial judge to sentence him as a youth offender pursuant to the District of Columbia Youth Rehabilitation Act (DCYRA or the Act), D.C.Code §§ 24-801 et seq. (1996). The judge declined Veney’s request and sentenced Veney as an adult to a prison term of fifteen years to life.
Veney filed a timely appeal, contending that the judge failed…
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