U.S. v. Patrick V.U.S. Appeals Court SENTENCE U.S. v. Patrick V., 359 F.3d 3 (1st Cir. 2004). A juvenile was adjudicated delinquent under the Federal Juvenile Delinquency juvenile delinquency, legal term for behavior of children and adolescents that in adults would be judged criminal under law. In the United States, definitions and age limits of juveniles vary, the maximum age being set at 14 years in some states and as high as 21 Act (FJDA FJDA Fujian Daimler Automotive ) after he pleaded guilty to the charge of arson causing extensive property damage. The district court sentenced the juvenile to 30 months detention followed by 27 months supervised release, and made the juvenile jointly liable for restitution In the context of Criminal Law, state programs under which an offender is required, as a condition of his or her sentence, to repay money or donate services to the victim or society; with respect to maritime law, the restoration of articles lost by jettison, done when the in the amount of $728,142. The juvenile appealed. The appeals court affirmed in part and remanded. The appeals court held that the imposition of restitution in the amount $728,142 was not an abuse of discretion. The court instructed the district court to determine the appropriateness of the detention facility based on a more developed record. (United States District Court for the District of Maine The U.S. District Court for the District of Maine is the U.S. district court for the state of Maine. The District of Maine was one of the original thirteen district courts established by the Judiciary Act of 1789, even though Maine was not a separate state from Massachusetts until ) |
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