What is the maximum sentence a judge may impose after finding additional facts?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Millbrook, A148286 (Cal. App. 2018):

by the defendant," not "the maximum sentence a judge may impose after finding additional facts." (Blakely v. Washington (2004) 542 U.S. 296, 303-304, italics omitted.)

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