Legal Opinion

State v. Jordan

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided November 15, 2005No. COA04-1380PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GEER, Judge.

Defendant Ernest Keith Jordan appeals from his conviction and sentence for assault with a deadly weapon inflicting, serious injury. He challenges only the trial court’s calculation of his prior record level, contending (1) that the court should have granted his motion to suppress use of certain prior convictions on the grounds that they were obtained in violation of his right to counsel and (2) that a jury rather than the trial judge should have determined defendant’s prior record level. We hold that the Sixth Amendment did not require that a jury determine defendant’s prior…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  2. Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. Blakely v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  4. Shepard v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
  5. Carnley v. CochranSupreme Court of the United States · 1962

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. State v. HaddenCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2006
  2. State v. ThorpeCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2017
  3. State v. HantonCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2006
  4. State v. HantonCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2006

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