Leontaritis v. United States

(1) Whether, if a jury is instructed to "determine" a fact by indicating a "unanimous finding beyond a reasonable doubt" and does so, the resulting verdict indicates a finding beyond a reasonable doubt, as opposed to a mere failure to find; and (2) whether, if a jury verdict finds a fact beyond a reasonable doubt, a district court"s sentencing decision must accept the jury"s determination or instead may base the sentence on its own independent finding that contradicts the jury"s.