S.C. Reverses High-Term Sentence Based on Several Unproven Aggravating Factors
The California Supreme Court held yesterday that an amendment to a sentencing statute—prohibiting the imposition of a maximum sentence unless aggravating factors other than prior convictions are proven beyond a reasonable doubt—requires the reversal of upper-term sentences unless a jury would have found true each of the aggravated factors or those facts were otherwise proven in compliance with the current law.
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