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· 4/13/1994

United States v. Robert Dewayne Bilbo, United States of America v. Juvenile-Male

Citations

  • 19 F.3d 912
  • 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 7165
  • 1994 WL 123712

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • noting that the JDA’s main purpose is to encourage rehabilitation and to shield juveniles from adult criminal processes
  • describing “rights granted to juveniles by 18 U.S.C. § 5038 . . . that would be ‘irretrievably lost unless the juvenile is permitted to appeal the district court’s order . . . .’” (quoting United States v. Gerald N., 900 F.2d 189, 190 (9th Cir. 1990) (per curiam))
  • “If the ALJ wishes to discount the testimony of the lay witnesses, 20 he must give reasons that are germane to each witness.”
  • “If there is no 23 Case: 23-10388 Document: 101-1 Page: 24 Date Filed: 06/18/2024 No. 23-10388 contemporaneous objection to testimony whose admissibility is contested on appeal, the ‘plain error’ standard of review applies.”
  • discussing juvenile’s “prospects for rehabilitation”

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Judges: Garwood, Smith, Demoss

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