Legal Opinion

State v. Anderson

South Dakota Supreme Court

Decided July 15, 2015No. 27252PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SEVERSON, Justice.

[¶ 1.] Sierra Anderson appeals the circuit court’s departure from presumptive probation. She contends that her sentence for a term of imprisonment violates her constitutional right to a jury trial because the court departed from presumptive probation based on facts that were neither found by a jury nor admitted by Anderson. We affirm.

Background

[¶ 2.] Sierra Anderson, who was 22 years of age at the time, sold three-quarters of a gram of methamphetamine to a confidential informant. After the sale, law enforcement executed a search warrant and found a remaining quarter of a…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  2. Blakely v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  3. Alleyne v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2013
  4. Patterson v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  5. Griffin v. WisconsinSupreme Court of the United States · 1987

12 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. State v. OrrSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2015
  2. State v. FeuchtSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2024
  3. State v. FrinellCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 2018
  4. State v. AndersonSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2015
  5. Woods v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2017

2 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API