Supreme Court of Florida

Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466 (2000), which requires any fact that increases the penalty for a crime beyond the prescribed statutory maximum to be submitted to a jury, does not apply retroactively.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/28/2005
• Published 04/28/2005

Judges

• CANTERO, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender and P. Douglas Brinkmeyer, Assistant Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, FL, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, James W. Rogers, Bureau Chief, Criminal Appeals and Trisha Meggs Pate, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, for Respondent.