Almendarez-Torres v. U.S., No. 96-6839 (U.S. Supreme Court) (523 U.S. 224; 118 S.Ct. 1219) (March 24, 1998) (Justice Breyer)
In a decision that the Court has subsequently described as "at best an exceptional departure from [our] historic practice," (see Jones v. U.S., 526 U.S. 227 (1999)), the Court confronted the question of whether the provision in 8 U.S.C. ยง 1236(b)(2) - which provides for punishment of up to 20 ...
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