Villalon v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “[a]s a practical matter, a child who is alleged to have committed a delinquent act and is not retained in the juvenile justice system but is waived into adult court will (if found guilty) face harsher consequences for his or her conduct. Nonetheless, Ice makes clear that not all judicial fact-finding ultimately resulting in an increased term of incarceration invades the province of the jury. . . . Villalon provides no argument as to how our juvenile waiver statute might be understood to encroach upon the jury’s traditional domain.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Childress

2. “[T]he waiver statute does not set forth the elements of an offense, does not provide for a determination of guilt or inno cence, and is not directed to consequences after adjudication of guilt. It does not provide a sentencing enhancement correlated with the State’s proof of a particular fact. Accordingly, we conclude that the statute does not implicate the core concerns of Apprendi.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Childress