Majority is Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan. Dissent by Roberts, joined by Scalia and Kennedy. Alito dissents separately.
3d ruling (Alleyene): major criminal ruling - facts that increase mandatory minimum sentences must be proved to the jury, not a judge.— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) June 17, 2013
Good thing the. TX Constitution have WAY more protections regarding the right to remain silent than the Federal Constitution provides.
TX prevents the use of post arrest silence AND pre arrest silence.
I need to read this opinion before I go further, but the makeup of the 5-4 court doesn’t look right here based on my knowledge of their prior cases.