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Alleyne v. United States is a Supreme Court case that decided that in line with Apprendi v. New Jersey all facts that increase a mandatory minimum sentence must be submitted to and found true by a jury (not merely determined to be true by a judge’s discretion). The majority opinion was written by Justice Clarence Thomas joined by the four more liberal members of the court.

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