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 (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

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Where a maximum prison term may be doubled upon a finding of “extraordinary ... aggravating circumstances,” does the Sixth Amendment require the existence of such circumstances to be submitted to the jury and found beyond a reasonable doubt?

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
Stuart BannerUCLA School of Law Supreme Court Clinic, Petitioner