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U.S. v. Tyler, No. 97-1649 (7th Cir.) (125 F.3d 1119) (September 29, 1997) (Judge Ilana Diamond Rovner)

Essentially, the Court stated that: "Although it is the government's initial burden to prove by a preponderance of evidence 'that the defendant possessed a weapon in a place where drugs were present', the burden of persuasion then falls upon the defendant to demonstrate that it is 'clearly improbable' that the …

 

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