Justice Gorsuch on the Right to Trial by Jury and Restitution
From Justice Gorsuch’s dissent from denial of review today in Rimlawi v. U.S.:
The Fifth Circuit held that a judge may order restitution in a criminal case based on his own factual findings, without the aid of a jury. About that, I have my doubts.
Consistent with the Sixth Amendment’s promise of a trial by jury, this Court has held that “[o]nly a jury may find ‘facts that increase the prescribed range of penalties to which a criminal defendant is exposed.’” That means a jury must find both those facts that increase a criminal defendant’s exposure to imprisonment and any facts that increase his exposure to monetary fines. See Southern Union Co. v. United States (2012). If all that is true, it is difficult to see how a judge’s factual findings might suffice to increase a criminal defendant’s exposure to a restitution award. As this Court has recognized, “the scope of the constitutional jury right must be informed by the historical role of the jury at common law.” And more than a little evidence suggests that, at the time of the founding, juries found the facts needed to justify criminal restitution awards.
I would have granted review in this case to resolve whether the Fifth Circuit’s decision comports with this Court’s precedents and the Constitution’s original meaning. In the absence of this Court’s review, I can only hope that federal and state courts will continue to consider carefully the Sixth Amendment’s application to criminal restitution orders. Cf. State v. Davison (Iowa 2022) (“restitution must be based on jury findings”). The right to trial by jury should mean no less today than it did at the Nation’s founding.
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Source: https://reason.com/volokh/2025/02/24/justice-gorsuch-on-the-right-to-trial-by-jury-and-restitution/
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