United States Supreme Court

The rule set out by the Court in Ring v. Arizona, 536 U.S. 548, requiring the existence of an aggravating factor to be proved to the jury rather than a judge, does not apply retroactively to cases already final on direct review, because it was not a "watershed rule of criminal procedure."

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• Decided 06/24/2004
• Published 06/24/2004

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