Arguments over Blakely in California

As noted here yesterday, the California Supreme Court yesterday finally heard arguments on a state Blakely case, and this morning the Sacramento Bee is reporting in this article that the tenor of the arguments suggested that Court might look to avoid Blakely’s application in California:

The nation’s turmoil over sentencing practices may not be extended to California, justices of the state Supreme Court indicated Thursday, after wrestling with the implications of a wave of rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court.

I am very interested to hear more analysis of these arguments; perhaps readers who watched the arguments might use the comments to share their impressions.