Opinion ID: 218871
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Juvenile Status Offenses

Text: The Guidelines do not define juvenile status offenses, and we have not previously adopted a definition of the term. Other circuits have grappled with questions concerning the term's meaning, including the question we face herewhether the term applies to a conviction for a crime that includes as an element the defendant's youth, but was committed when the defendant was 18 or older. The majority has adopted the First Circuit's definition of juvenile status offenses articulated in United States v. Correa, 114 F.3d 314, 318-19 (1st Cir.1997). I agree with the majority that this is the appropriate definition. I agree, further, that Landa's conviction under § 23140(a) was not a conviction for a juvenile status offense under this definition.