U.S. v. Mansoori, No. 04-1950 (7th Cir.) (480 F.3d 514) (March 13, 2007) (Judge Ilana Diamond Rovner)
Here the Court held that a sentence imposed in violation of Apprendi v. New Jersey (which requires a jury determination of facts that increase a sentence beyond the statutory maximum) will nonetheless stand if the Apprendi error was harmless.
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