Jones v. U.S., No. 97-6203 (U.S. Supreme Court) (526 U.S. 227; 119 S.Ct. 1215) (March 24, 1999) (Justice Souter)
Loaded on Jan. 2, 2000
published in Punch and Jurists
March 15, 1999
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Burden of Proof.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK - Some observations on the consequences of treating factors that drastically affect a sentence as mere sentencing enhancements which need not be proven to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt.
"It would demean the importance of the reasonable-doubt standard - indeed, it would demean the Constitution ...
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- Jones v. U.S., No. 97-6203 (U.S. Supreme Court) (526 U.S. 227; 119 S.Ct. 1215) (March 24, 1999) (Justice Souter)
- Yates v. Evatt, No. 89-7691 (U.S. Supreme Court) (500 U.S. 391; 111 S.Ct. 1884) (May 28, 1991) (Justice Souter)
- Vansickel v. White, No. 97-17143 (9th Cir.) (166 F.3d 953) (January 27, 1999) (Judge David R. Thompson)
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- Ashmus v. Calderon, No. C 93-0594 (TEH) (N.D.Cal.) (31 F.Supp.2d 1175) (December 24, 1998) (Judge Thelton E. Henderson)
- U.S. v. Dominguez-Carmona, No. 97-2197 (10th Cir.) (166 F.3d 1052) (January 4, 1999) (Judge Bobby R. Baldock)
- U.S. v. Lorge, No. 98-1138 (2nd Cir.) (166 F.3d 516) (February 2, 1999) (Judge Ralph K. Jr. Winter)
- U.S. v. Dominguez-Carmona, No. 97-2197 (10th Cir.) (166 F.3d 1052) (January 4, 1999) (Judge Bobby R. Baldock)
- U.S. v. Buckley, No. 97 CR 615 (N.D.Ill.) (31 F.Supp.2d 1053) (December 4, 1998) (Judge Elaine E. Bucklo)
- U.S. v. Neill, No. 97-30383 (9th Cir.) (166 F.3d 943) (January 26, 1999) (Judge Stephen S. Trott)
- Kapral v. U.S., No. 97-5545 (3rd Cir.) (166 F.3d 565) (February 2, 1999) (Judge Theodore A. McKee)
- McGhee v. Clark, No. 98-2066 (7th Cir.) (166 F.3d 884) (January 28, 1999) (Judge Kenneth F. Ripple)
- U.S. v. Mitchell, No. 97-31252 (5th Cir.) (166 F.3d 748) (January 29, 1999) (Judge Jacques L. Jr. Wiener)
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