RAMCO Asset Management, LLC v. USA Rare Earth, LLC

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• holding that the revised § 924(c)(1)(A) defines sentencing factors, as opposed to elements of an offense
• recognizing that court examines legislative intent in view of contemporaneous law, not subsequent developments in law that legislature could not have contemplated
• holding that 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A) “regards brandishing and discharging as sentencing factors to be found by the judge, not offense elements to be found by the jury”
• concluding that a mandatory minimum sentencing statute did not raise Apprendi concerns because the statute did not increase the penalty for the offense above the prescribed statutory maximum
• holding that Apprendi did not preclude judge from making factual determination affecting minimum sentence
• holding that Apprendi did not preclude judge from making factual determination affecting minimum sentence

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