Veney v. United States

This decision and the one issued several days before it, Peterson v. United States, 657 *632A.2d 756 (D.C.1995), reflect a remarkable result. Two divisions of this court decide the same issue- — holding that a sentencing judge can lawfully deny Youth Rehabilitation Act (YRA) treatment to an eligible youth offender without need for an explicit finding that the youth “will not derive benefit” from such treatment — even though that issue has not been raised or briefed or orally argued on appeal by any party in either case. (Indeed, the court put Peterson on the summary calendar without oral…