Oregon v. Ice

Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of Respondent.

Brief filed: 08/08/2008

Documents

Oregon v. Ice

United States Supreme Court; Case No. 07-901

Prior Decision

Case below 170 P3d 1049 (Or. 2007)

Argument(s)

Oregon’s consecutive sentence statute, which allows a judge to impose consecutive sentences upon finding certain facts, violates the Sixth Amendment and the Court’s decisions in Apprendi v. New Jersey (2000) and Blakely v. Washington (2004).

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Author(s)

Jeffrey T. Green, James C. Owens and Madeleine V. Findley, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC.