Court Opinion

ID: 9488029
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 12:34:13.501017+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:52:38.652724
License: Public Domain

WIGGINS, Circuit Judge,
concurring:
I concur in the majority’s opinion. I write separately to add a few comments. The defendant in this case was originally sentenced to five years of detention for second degree murder. He then twice violated the terms of his supervised release, with his second violation resulting in a four-year sentence in an adult correctional facility. ■ That sentence has been vacated by our holding that defendant’s original supervised release term was not a permissible sentencing option under the Juvenile Act.
We all hope the defendant has learned his lesson and will not find himself in legal trouble in the future. If he does run afoul of the law, however, he will no longer be able to avail himself of the lenient provisions of the Juvenile Act (the defendant is now over eighteen). Instead, he will face a criminal justice system in which the punishment more accurately reflects the gravity of the crime.