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| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing |
| Title: | BLAKELY v. WASHINGTON |
| Date: | 06/24/04 |
| Case Number: | 02-1632 |
| Summary: | Because the facts supporting the defendant's exceptionally harsh sentence were neither admitted by the defendant, nor found by a jury, the sentence violated defendant's Sixth amendment right to trial by jury. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing |
| Title: | DRETKE v. HALEY |
| Date: | 05/03/04 |
| Case Number: | 02-1824 |
| Summary: | The Court declines to decide whether the actual innocence exception extends to noncapital sentencing errors. When faced with allegations of actual innocence, whether of the sentence or of the crime charged, a federal court must first address all nondefaulted claims for comparable relief and other grounds for cause to excuse the procedural default. |