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Line 1: − 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. − − This case concerned a state criminal proceeding. The [[U.S. Supreme Court]] extended this ''Blakely'' rule to the federal Sentencing Guidelines in ''[[United States v. Booker]]'', 543 U.S. 220 (2005). − − ==External Links== − *[http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&navby=case&vol=000&invol=02-1632 Case] at FindLaw (registration may be required) − [[category:United States Supreme Court Cases]]
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