THE SUPREME COURT INVALIDATES CALIFORNIA'S "DETERMINATE SENTENCING" LAW: PART ONE IN A TWO-PART SERIES ON YET MORE CASES INVOLVING JUDICIAL FACTFINDING IN SENTENCING
U.S. Supreme Court decision invalidating California's "determinate sentencing" law. Amar explains in detail each of the crucial Supreme Court Sixth Amendment sentencing precedents that led to the decision -- each deriving from the key principle that juries, not judges, must find (beyond a reasonable doubt) the facts that determine the length of the sentence imposed in a criminal case. http://writ.lp.findlaw.com/amar/20070202.html Opinionhttp://laws.findlaw.com/us/000/05-6551.html
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