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U.S. v. Wicks, No. 96-2465 (7th Cir.) (132 F.3d 383) (December 22, 1997) (Judge Diane P. Wood)

The Court rejected the defendant's burden of proof argument by noting that "The Three Strikes law operates as a sentence enhancement device, in a manner very much like the persistent felony offender statute the Supreme Court considered in Parke v. Raley, 506 U.S. 20 (1992), or even the relevant conduct ...

 

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