In What Case Did SCOTUS Affirm Judges' Power to Increase

question 61

Multiple Choice

In what case did SCOTUS affirm judges' power to increase maximum sentences based on prior convictions without juries finding out that there were prior convictions, or without defendants having confessed to the prior crimes?

• A)Harris v. U.S.
• B)Apprendi v. New Jersey
• C)Blakely v. Washington
• D)U.S. v. Booker

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