Confrontation Rights Apply at Sentencing in Noncapital Cases

Published for NC Criminal Law on November 23, 2010.

In 2002, David Hurt pled guilty to second-degree murder. Over the next several years his case bounced back and forth between the trial and appellate courts based on problems with his aggravated-range sentence. In the meantime, the United States Supreme Court decided Blakely v. Washington, 542 U.S. 296 (2004). Hurt’s case was eventually remanded for ... Read more

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