U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Marcus Magnum Reign v. Lori Gidley
Panel
The judges who heard this appeal.
- Senior Judge John M. Rogers
- Judge Bernice Bouie Donald
- Judge Amul Roger Thapar
Case history
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July 10, 2019decided Decision issued in Marcus Magnum Reign v. Lori Gidley
Opinions and writings
ROGERS, Circuit Judge. Marcus Magnum Reign was convicted of armed robbery in Michigan state court. He was originally sentenced under a mandatory guidelines scheme that determined his minimum sentence and incorporated judge-found facts. As became clear before the judgment was final, such a sentence would violate his Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial. See Rob…