Legal Opinion
Herman Lee McCray v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 21, 1976No. 75-1412PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Per curiam
On June 26, 1974, the Supreme Court in Dorszynski v. United States, 418 U.S. 424, 94 S.Ct. 3042, 41 L.Ed.2d 855, held that a convicted offender who is less than twenty-two years of age must be sentenced to treatment under the Youth Corrections Act 1 unless the District Court makes an “explicit” finding that the defendant would not derive benefit from such treatment. 2
The petitioner in this case was convicted on December 9, 1969, of the crime of bank robbery and sentenced to twenty years’ imprisonment. The petitioner at the time of sentence was twenty-one years of age. The District Court,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Dorszynski v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Earl French Cox, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1973
- Roger Lee Brager v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
- David Lowell Rewak v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
- United States v. Daniel Roy FlebotteCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Cardova Lawary v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1979
- Melvin Eugene Jenkins v. The United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1977
- Cole v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
- Martin T. Goodwin v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1979
- John Edward McKnabb v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1977
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