Legal Opinion
United States v. K.R.A.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 24, 2003No. 02-1322PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HANSEN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal requires us to examine the statutory sentencing scheme of the Federal Juvenile Delinquency Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 5031-5042 (2000), as applied to K.R.A., who was adjudicated a juvenile delinquent at the age of 15. After repeatedly violating the conditions of her probation, K.R.A. was eventually placed by the district court 2 in official detention until her 22nd birthday, essentially a term of approximately 37 months. On appeal, K.R.A. contends her sentence was in error for the following reasons: (1) the district court utilized the wrong statute by imposing the…
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