Supreme Court· 6/26/2006

Washington v. Recuenco

Citations

548 U.S. 212
126 S. Ct. 2546
165 L. Ed. 2d 466
2006 U.S. LEXIS 5164

How courts have described this case

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

concluding that “[f]ailure to submit a sentencing factor to the jury, like failure to submit an element to the jury, is not structural error”
holding that there is no distinction in the right to jury trial between \sentencing factors\ and \elements\
holding that there is no distinction in the right to jury trial between \sentencing factors\ and \elements\
holding that lack of jury finding beyond a reasonable doubt as to sentencing factor, “like failure to submit an element to the jury,” can be harmless error
holding that there is no distinction in the right to jury trial between \sentencing factors\ and \elements\
holding that a state court’s “[f]ailure to submit a sentencing factor to the jury ... is not structural error”

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Judges: Thomas, Kennedy, Stevens

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Cites

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