Benton County v. Czarlinsky

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• \ Apprendi altered the procedure under which an enhanced sentence can be imposed. It did not affect the procedure for obtaining an accurate conviction on the underlying offense.\
• “state courts clearly can determine the retroactivity of their own decisions on state law issues”
• both courts recognizing the possibility that Teague does not bind the states, then cireumventing the problem by deciding, as a matter of state law, to apply the Teague rule
• both courts recognizing the possibility that Teague does not bind the states, then circumventing the problem by deciding, as a matter of state law, to apply the Teague rule

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