Facts that raise maximum sentences
Delgado v. United States
In brief
- Where it stands
- Dismissed
Petition denied.
- What it’s about
- Cesar Delgado asked whether facts that raise the maximum prison sentence—including a prior conviction—must be listed in the indictment and admitted or proved to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt.
- Who it affects
- The denial ends Delgado’s request for Supreme Court review but leaves the legal question undecided in this case.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
The Supreme Court refused to hear his case (denied his petition for review) and did not decide that legal question.
The case came from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Question presented
Whether all facts — including the fact of a prior conviction — that increase a defendant’s statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either admitted by the defendant or proven to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt?
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