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United States v. Aguayo-Delgado

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Abrogated
Court
Eighth Circuit
Citation
220 F.3d 926
Decided
Confirmed treatments
1
Flagged citations read
34 of 34
Citing cases (total)
34
Treatment dates
2013
Abrogated
A reviewed court treats this case as abrogated by later authority. Abrogated on whether a judge may find a fact that raises a mandatory minimum sentence. All 34 flagged citations have been read.
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United States v. Aguayo-Delgado allowed a judge to find drug quantity by a preponderance of the evidence to set a mandatory minimum within the jury-authorized maximum. Alleyne v. United States later required a jury finding beyond a reasonable doubt for any fact that raises a mandatory minimum. The Eighth Circuit recognized in United States v. Davis that its earlier contrary rule was no longer correct under Alleyne. Aguayo-Delgado's separate rule requiring jury findings for facts that increase the statutory maximum is unaffected. The confirmed treatment is listed below.

Every treatment on this page is written from the citing opinion itself, with a verbatim quote, never copied from a commercial citator. A citation flagged by our screen but not shown here was read and found not to weaken this case.

34 later cases cite United States v. Aguayo-Delgado; 34 of those citations sat close to treatment language and were flagged for reading, and all of them have been read. Citations that did not sit near treatment language were not flagged and were not read one by one, so a court that weakened this case without using any of that language would not appear here.

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Treatments

Abrogated

  • Facts that raise a mandatory minimum must be found by a jury beyond a reasonable doubt, displacing Aguayo-Delgado's rule permitting a judge to find those facts.

    Alleyne v. United States · Supreme Court of the United States · filed

    Facts that increase the mandatory minimum sentence are therefore elements and must be submitted to the jury and found beyond a reasonable doubt.
    Read the full opinion on CourtListener →

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