Legal Opinion
State v. Barker
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided November 17, 2005No. A04-1453PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HANSON, Justice.
Respondent Duane Barker was convicted of possession of a controlled substance. The district court sentenced him under Minn.Stat. § 609.11 (2004) (providing for a mandatory minimum sentence of 36 months after a judicial finding of firearm possession during the commission of a predicate offense) to 36 months in prison. The court of appeals reversed the sentence as violating Barker’s Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial based on Blakely v. Washington, 542 U.S. 296, 124 S.Ct. 2531, 159 L.Ed.2d 403 (2004). The state sought further review, arguing that sentencing under the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- United States v. BookerSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Blakely v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Taylor v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Shepard v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
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3Cited by33 opinions
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