Case Name: Tycho VENEY, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee
Court: District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: District of Columbia
Decision Date: 1995-04-20
Citations: 658 A.2d 625
Docket Number: No. 93-CF-456
Parties: Tycho VENEY, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.
Judges: Before FERREN, TERRY, and SCHWELB, Associate Judges.
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 658
Pages: 625–650

Head Matter:
Tycho VENEY, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.
No. 93-CF-456.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
Argued Oct. 6, 1994.
Decided April 20, 1995.
Tana Lin, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein and Samia Fam, Public Defender Service, were on brief, for appellant.
Laura A. Cordero, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Eric H. Holder, Jr., U.S. Atty., and John R. Fisher, Elizabeth Trosman, and Karen E. Rhew, Asst. U.S. Attys., were on brief, for appellee.
Before FERREN, TERRY, and SCHWELB, Associate Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Following his guilty plea to manslaughter while armed, D.C.Code § 22-2401, -3202 (1989), Veney asked the court to sentence him pursuant to the provisions of the District of Columbia Youth Rehabilitation Act (DCY-RA), D.C.Code § 24-801 et seq. (1989). The judge elected to sentence him as an adult. On appeal, Veney contends that the judge failed to make an explicit finding that Veney would not benefit from a DCYRA sentence. This court has recently held, however, that a "no-benefit" finding is not required by the DCYRA. Peterson v. United States, 657 A.2d 756, 763 (D.C.1995) (opinion of King, J., joined by TERRY, J.) Accordingly, the judgment appealed from is hereby
Affirmed.