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U.S. v. JUVENILE MALE

No. 86-5615.

819 F.2d 468 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JUVENILE MALE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 26, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Luby Cannon, III, Greenville, N.C., for defendant-appellant.

Matthew Francis Bogdanos, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WINTER, Chief Judge, CHAPMAN, Circuit Judge, and SPENCER, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.

HARRISON L. WINTER, Chief Judge:

The question presented is whether retroactive application of a recent amendment to the Juvenile Delinquency Act, 18 U.S.C. § 5032 (Supp. II 1984), violates the ex post facto clause, U.S. Const. art. I, § 9, cl. 3. The amendment provides that individuals who commit certain crimes at age fifteen may be prosecuted as adults and thus may face sentences harsher than those imposed on juveniles. The district court held that...

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