United States v. Laron Kevin Kortgaard

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• holding that “seriousness” of past crimes and “likelihood of recidivism” are not facts that come within the “prior conviction” exception
• noting that the Supreme Court has not had “the occasion to redefine or expand [the] scope” of the prior conviction exception
• noting that the Supreme Court has not had “the occasion to redefine or expand [the] scope” of the prior conviction exception
• con- cluding that we must treat Almendarez-Torres as a “narrow exception to the general rule”
• “Subsequent to Booker, in Shepard v. United States, the Court wrestled with, but did not fully delineate, the scope of the prior conviction excep- tion.”

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