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In ''Blakely v. Washington'', 542 U.S. 296 (2004), the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] held that facts, other than a prior conviction, supporting a sentence above the standard sentencing range in a legislatively prescribed sentencing guidelines system must be found be a jury and proved beyond a reasonable doubt.
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In '''''Blakely v. Washington''''', 542 U.S. 296 (2004), the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] held that facts, other than a prior conviction, supporting a sentence above the standard sentencing range in a legislatively prescribed sentencing guidelines system must be found be a jury and proved beyond a reasonable doubt.
    
Justice [[Antonin Scalia]] wrote the Court decision, while Justices [[Anthony Kennedy]], [[Sandra Day O'Connor]] and [[Stephen Breyer]] and Chief Justice [[William Rehnquist]] were in dissent.  
 
Justice [[Antonin Scalia]] wrote the Court decision, while Justices [[Anthony Kennedy]], [[Sandra Day O'Connor]] and [[Stephen Breyer]] and Chief Justice [[William Rehnquist]] were in dissent.  
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