Browsing Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Works by Subject "Aggravating circumstances -- United States"
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(Stanford Law Review, 2001)Before "Apprendi", prosecutors using recidivism as a club could, and did, regularly insist that defendants admit aggravating facts as part of the plea or face additional time. When the prosecutor's threats of added time ...
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(Federal Sentencing Reporter, 2000)The Court in Apprendi v. New Jersey, ___ U.S. ___ (2000), held as a matter of due process that any fact, other than a prior conviction, that increases the penalty for an offense beyond the prescribed statutory maximum must ...