Legal Opinion
People v. Sandoval
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided March 26, 2018No. 16SC276, PeoplePublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JUSTICE HART delivered the Opinion of the Court.
¶1 We granted certiorari to determine whether the trial court plainly erred when it sentenced the defendant, Alfred Sandoval, to an aggravated community corrections sentence based on judicial fact-finding to which Sandoval did not stipulate. 1 We find that it did.
¶2 In affirming the decision of the court of appeals, we hold that Blakely v. Washington , 542 U.S. 296 , 124 S.Ct. 2531 , 159 L.Ed.2d 403 (2004), applies to a direct sentence to community corrections. We further hold that it was plain error for the trial court to sentence the defendant…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Blakely v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Ring v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- People v. StewartSupreme Court of Colorado · 2002
- Southern Union Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
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