Justice Stevens, concurring. Like Justice Scalia, see post, at 253,1 am convinced that it is unconstitutional for a legislature to remove from the jury the assessment of facts that increase the prescribed range cf penalties to which a criminal defendant is exposed. *253 It is equally clear that such facts must be established by proof beyond a…
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