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SCOTUS: Jury, Not Judge, Must Determine Whether Defendant’s Prior Offenses Were Committed on ‘Occasions Different From One Another’ for Enhanced Sentence Under Armed Career Criminal Act

by Sam Rutherford

The Supreme Court of the United States held that a jury must determine beyond a reasonable doubt whether a defendant’s prior violent felony or serious drug offenses were committed on separate occasions, thus qualifying the defendant for an enhanced sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”). ...

 

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