Carver v. Artiles

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• \[T]he Sixth Amendment does not require that the specific findings authorizing the imposition of the sentence of death be made by the jury.\
• an aggravator \is not an element of the offense but instead is `a sentencing factor that comes into play only after the defendant has been found guilty.'\
• the fact that a capital sentencing is like a trial in respects significant to the Double Jeopardy Clause does not mean that it is like a trial in respects significant to the Sixth Amendment’s guarantee of a jury trial
• \[T]he existence of an aggravating factor here is not an element of the offense but instead is `a sentencing factor that comes into play only after the defendant has been found guilty.'\ (quoting McMillan v. Pennsylvania, 477 U.S. 79, 93, 106 S.Ct. 2411, 91 L.Ed.2d 67 (1986))
• \[T]he existence of an aggravating factor here is not an element of the offense but instead is `a sentencing factor that comes into play only after the defendant has been found guilty.'\ (quoting McMillan v. Pennsylvania, 477 U.S. 79, 93, 106 S.Ct. 2411, 91 L.Ed.2d 67 (1986))

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