Legal Opinion
State v. Henderson
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided November 19, 2004No. 1 CA-CR 03-0920PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BARKER, Judge.
¶ 1 We address in this opinion one of the issues presented by the United States Supreme Court’s recent decision in Blakely v. Washington, — U.S. —, 124 S.Ct. 2531, 159 L.Ed.2d 403 (2004). Specifically, we hold that the failure to submit aggravating factors to a jury pursuant to Blakely is not structural error requiring automatic reversal. Rather, we determine that Blakely error is subject to a harmless error or fundamental error analysis and may or may not require reversal based on the facts of the particular case. In this case we find the error is not harmless.…
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- Blakely v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
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3Cited by22 opinions
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