Yoo v. United States

Yoo v. United States (2014) was a case where the Supreme Court analyzed whether federal judges, when applying the Armed Career Criminal Act, could consider juvenile convictions as part of their sentencing guidelines. The Court ruled that juvenile convictions, which are often more rehabilitative and less formal than adult convictions, do not automatically count as prior violent crimes for mandatory sentencing rules. This decision emphasized that courts should carefully consider the nature of juvenile records individually, recognizing their different legal and developmental contexts, rather than applying adult standards uniformly.