United States v. Richard Won Cho, United States of America v. Edward L. Harris, Jr., United States of America v. Patrick Anthony Riggans, United States of America v. Murray Evans Laybhen

730 F.2d 1260 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard WON CHO, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Edward L. HARRIS, Jr., Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Patrick Anthony RIGGANS, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Murray Evans LAYBHEN, Defendant-Appellant. Nos. 82-1215, 82-1092, 82-1101 and 82-1388. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 14, 1982. Decided April 10, 1984. Patricia L. Collins, Asst. U.S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee. Janet I. Levine, Deputy Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, Cal., for Cho. Randy Sue Pollock, Deputy Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, Cal., for Riggans, Harris and Laybhen. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before BROWNING, Chief Judge, GOODWIN, WALLACE, KENNEDY, TANG, PREGERSON, ALARCON, NELSON, CANBY, NORRIS, and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges. REINHARDT, Circuit Judge: 1 This is a consolidated appeal by four youths initially sentenced under the Federal Youth Corrections Act (YCA), 18 U.S.C. Secs. 5005-26 (1982), whose…