United States Eighth Circuit

In a prosecution for second-degree criminal sexual assault, a denial of petitioner's habeas petition is affirmed where the Minnesota Court of Appeals' decision that Blakely did not apply retroactively to the determination of petitioner's sentence was not contrary to, and did not involve an unreasonable application of, clearly established federal law.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/19/2010
• Published 08/19/2010

Judges

• Lavenski B. Smith

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

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