STATE v. ESTRADA

No. 1 CA-CR 03-0914.

108 P.3d 261 (2005)

210 Ariz. 111

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. George Melendez ESTRADA, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department E.

As Amended March 10, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry Goddard, Attorney General, By Randall M. Howe, Chief Counsel, Criminal Appeals Section, and Diane M. Acosta, Assistant Attorney General, Phoenix, for Appellee.

James J. Haas, Maricopa County Public Defender, By Susan L. Corey, Deputy Public Defender, Phoenix, for Appellant.


OPINION

HALL, J.

¶ 1 The issue presented on appeal is whether the Sixth Amendment's jury-trial guarantee1 as interpreted by the United States Supreme Court in Blakely v. Washington, 542 U.S. ___, 124 S.Ct. 2531, 159 L.Ed.2d 403 (2004), entitles a defendant whose prior convictions constitute an aggravating circumstance to jury findings on the existence of any additional aggravating factors. We conclude that, under...

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