SULLIVAN, Justice.
Defendant Kyle Kiplinger appeals his sentence of life in prison without possibility of parole imposed by the trial court after the jury failed to reach a unanimous sentencing recommendation. Because there is no jury finding of record that the State proved the charged aggravating circumstance beyond a reasonable doubt, the judge did not have authority under the Sixth Amendment to impose a sentence of life without parole. We vacate the trial court...
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