Legal Opinion
Harris v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 24, 2002No. 00-10666PublishedCited by 1,261 opinions
1Judgment of the CourtJustice Kennedy
Once more we consider the distinction the law has drawn between the elements of a crime and factors that influence a criminal sentence, ' Legislatures define crimes in terms of the facts that are their essential elements, and constitutional guarantees attach to these facts. In federal prosecutions, “[n]o person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury” alleging all the elements of the crime. U. S. Const., Amdt. 5; see Hamling v. United States, 418 U. S. 87, 117 (1974). “In all criminal prosecutions,” state and…
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