No. 23-92

James Edwin Hoganson v. Colorado

Lower Court: Colorado
Docketed: 2023-08-01
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Experienced Counsel
Tags: aggravating-circumstances apprendi-v-new-jersey blakely-v-washington constitutional-rights criminal-sentencing due-process jury-determination jury-trial reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2023-10-06
Question Presented (from Petition)

Where a maximum prison term may be doubled
upon a finding of "extraordinary … aggravating circumstances," does the Sixth Amendment require th e
existence of such circumstance s to be submitted to
the jury and found beyond a reasonable doubt?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Sixth Amendment requires the existence of 'extraordinary aggravating circumstances' to be submitted to the jury and found beyond a reasonable doubt when a maximum prison term may be doubled upon such a finding

Docket Entries

2023-10-10
Petition DENIED.
2023-09-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/6/2023.
2023-07-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 31, 2023)

Attorneys

James Edwin Hoganson
Stuart BannerUCLA School of Law Supreme Court Clinic, Petitioner