United States v. Tyrone P. Waters

WILKEY, Circuit Judge:

After a trial with a codefendant, who was acquitted by the District Court for lack of evidence, appellant pleaded guilty to three counts of robbery and three counts of assault with a dangerous weapon. 1 Appellant, age 19 at the time of trial, appeals not from the conviction but from the sentence of 4 to 12 years on the robbery counts and 3 to 9 years on the assault counts. Finding that appellant should have been sentenced under the Youth Corrections Act, 2 we remand for resentencing.

What happens to an offender after conviction is the least understood, the most fraught…