U.S. v. Shrader, No. 94-1830 (1st Cir.) (56 F.3d 288) (May 23, 1995) (Judge Hugh H. Bownes)
Case held that the district court did not clearly err in disbelieving defendant's testimony and crediting affidavits of cooperating witnesses for sentencing purposes.
This is one of those cases that shows the evils of the preponderance of evidence standard that prevails at sentencing hearings. Here, a defendant denied under oath …
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