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State v. Albano: Revisiting the Right to Have a Jury Consider Sentence-Enhancing Prior Convictions

Author: Dahnika Short, Staff Editor  State v. Albano, No. 120,767 (Kan. May 28, 2021)  Issue: Does Section 5 of the Kansas Constitution Bill of Rights guarantee the right to have a jury determine the existence of sentence-enhancing prior convictions under the Kansas Sentencing Guidelines …