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Washington v. Recuenco 548 U. S. ____
548 U. S. ____Syllabus
Opinion [Justice Thomas]
Concurrence
Dissent [Justice Stevens]
Dissent [Justice Ginsburg]
548 U. S. ____ (2006)
548 U. S. ____ (2006)
548 U. S. ____ (2006)
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
NO. 05-83
WASHINGTON, PETITIONER v. ARTURO R. RECUENCO
on writ of certiorari to the supreme court of washington
[June 26, 2006]
Justice Kennedy, concurring.
The opinions for the Court in Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U. S. 466 (2000), Blakely v. Washington, 542 U. S. 296 (2004), and their progeny were accompanied by dissents. The Court does not revisit these cases today, and it describes their holdings accurately. On these premises, the Court’s analysis is correct. Cf. Ring v. Arizona, 536 U. S. 584, 613 (2002) (Kennedy, J., concurring). With these observations I join the Court’s opinion.