SCOTUSblog reports:
The Supreme Court ruled today that the federal Sentencing Guidelines must satisfy the standards of the Sixth Amendment as applied in the Court’s ruling in Blakely v. Washington. Justice Stevens wrote an opinion on that point, and Justice Breyer wrote a separate opinion saying that the Guidelines can no longer be mandatory, but can continue to operate “in a manner consistent with congressional intent.”
I’ll post more later in the day after I have a chance to read the opinions (which are not yet available online.)
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