Lopez v. People

HOBBS, Justice.

We granted certiorari to consider whether the rule of Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), and Blakely v. Washington, 542 U.S. 296, 124 S.Ct. 2531, 159 L.Ed.2d 403 (2004), invalidates the aggravated sentence imposed in this case.1 Defendant Robert A. Lopez pled guilty to possession of a controlled substance and received a two-year deferred judgment and sentence. During his deferral period, Lopez failed drug treatment, returned positive urine analysis tests for drugs, and killed another driver in a drunk driving incident. A jury convicted…