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Brennaris Marquis Johnson v. Washington
Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1, No. 83738-9-I · judgment January 2, 2024
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Whether the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments require a jury to find beyond a reasonable doubt that one or more aggravating facts amount to “substantial and compelling reasons” for an upward departure from the presumptive range, as is necessary to impose an enhanced sentence under several states’ mandatory guidelines.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Christopher Mark Petroni
Washington Appellate Project
For respondent
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Case
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Linked docket
24A100
Order
Order list, December 9, 2024 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Dec 09 2024Petition DENIED.
- Nov 13 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2024.
- Sep 26 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 1, 2024)
- Jul 30 2024Application (24A100) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until October 5, 2024.
- Jul 23 2024Application (24A100) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 6, 2024 to October 5, 2024, submitted to Justice Kagan.