United States Tenth Circuit

The district court violated defendants' Sixth Amendment rights by imposing a sentence exceeding the maximum authorized by jury findings alone.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/13/2005
• Published 04/13/2005

Judges

• SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge., Before SEYMOUR, HARTZ and McCONNELL, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Submitted on the Briefs:  Jill M. Wichlens, Assistant Federal Public Defender (Michael G. Katz, Federal Public Defender, with her on the briefs), Office of the Federal Public Defender for the District of Colorado, Denver, CO, for Defendant-Appellant Shari Lewis Lang in 02-4075, 02-4091., Kenneth R. Brown and Ann Marie Taliaferro of Brown, Bradshaw & Moffat, Salt Lake City, UT, for Defendant-Appellant Shari Lewis Lang in 04-4065 and 04-4075., Stephen R. McCaughey of McCaughey & Metos, Salt Lake City, UT, for Defendant-Appellant Johnny Lang., Diana Hagen, Assistant United States Attorney (Paul M. Warner, United States Attorney, with her on the briefs), Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, for Plaintiff-Appellee United States in 02-4075, 02-4091, 02-4103, and 02-4128., Paul M. Warner, United States Attorney, and Michael S. Lee, Assistant United States Attorney, Salt Lake City, UT, for Plaintiff-Appellee United States in 04-4065 and 04-4075.