Whether the holding of Almendarez-Torres v. United States should be reconsidered

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Whether the holding of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), which created a carve-out to the rule later adopted in Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466 (2000), should be reconsidered in light of Apprendi and its progeny which have, for the past two decades, called its holding into question perpetuating litigation in both state and federal courts. fil