Specht v. Patterson

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• recognizing that confrontation rights extend to the aggravation phase, but not to the penalty phase, of a bifurcated capital penalty hearing
• concluding that “petitioner, having been convicted ... under one Colorado statute that carries a maximum sentence of 10 years” may not be “sentenced under [another Colorado statute] for an indeterminate term of from one day to life without notice and full hearing”
• holding that the predecessor to the CSOA, which contained a similar indeterminate sentencing provision, did not comport with due process because, unlike the CSOA, it did not provide for a full evidentiary hearing before sentencing
• holding that the right to be present exists in civil commitment proceedings
• recognizing Williams as valid but declining to allow conviction as basis for sentence on second conviction
• noting that a former version of the Minnesota psychopathic-personality-commitment law is not criminal in nature

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