Legal Opinion
United States v. John Doe, United States of America v. John Doe
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 11, 1995No. 94-30092, 94-30190PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge HALL; Concurrence by Judge WIGGINS.
CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge:
We face a question of first impression under the Juvenile Delinquency Act (the “Juvenile Act”), 18 U.S.C. §§ 5031-5042. We must decide whether an adjudicated juvenile delinquent may be sentenced to a term of supervised release. We conclude that he may not.
I
Appellant John Doe1 is a member of the Sauk-Suittle tribe. Early in the summer of 1989, he killed a woman on the Sauk-Suiattle reservation in western Washington. He was 17 years old at the time of the killing.
The government sought to try Appellant as an…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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