Legal Opinion
United States v. Carlton J. Smith
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 12, 1988No. 87-5683PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRISON L. WINTER, Chief Judge:
In a prior appeal, United States v. Juvenile Male, 819 F.2d 468 (4 Cir.1987), we held that defendant, who allegedly confessed to having murdered three of his relatives in 1981 when he was fifteen years old, but who was not apprehended and charged with the crime by juvenile information until 1986 when he was twenty, could not be prosecuted as an adult under the transfer provision of 18 U.S.C. § 5032 (Supp. II 1984), which had been added after the crimes were committed. In our view, the government could only proceed against the defendant as a juvenile delinquent…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Coopers & Lybrand v. LivesaySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Abney v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Helstoski v. MeanorSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- United States v. C.G.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by25 opinions
- United States v. John DoeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1995
- In Re Sealed Case (Juvenile Transfer)Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1990
- GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS IN THE INTEREST OF: A.M., a MinorCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
- United States v. Juvenile MaleCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2009
- United States v. Leon, D.M.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1997
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