In Blakely v.Washington the U.S.Supreme Court:

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The U.S. Supreme Court, in Blakely v. Washington, in essence, struck down Washington State's sentencing guideline scheme as it violated a defendant's Sixth Amendment right to a trial by jury. The court held that any fact increasing the defendant's sentence beyond the statutory maximum set by the jury's verdict must be presented to the jury, proved beyond a reasonable doubt, and subject to the Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial.

In Blakely V.Washington the U.S.Supreme Court