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Southern Union Company v. U.S., No. 11-94 (U.S. Supreme Court) (567 U.S. 342; 132 S.Ct. 2344) (June 21, 2012) (Justice Sotomayor)

Loaded on June 25, 2012 published in Punch and Jurists June 25, 2012
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In a decision that both solidifies and extends the rule established in Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466 (2000), the Court held, by a 6-3 vote, that the Sixth Amendment’s jury-trial guarantee requires that any fact (other than the fact of a prior conviction) which increases the maximum punishment ...

 

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