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U.S. v. Mustafa, No. 11-3556 (8th Cir.) (695 F.3d 860) (September 24, 2012) (Per Curiam)

Loaded on Jan. 7, 2013 published in Punch and Jurists January 07, 2013
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Preponderance of the Evidence Standard.

Here the Court rejected a challenge to one of the most contentious aspects of the Guidelines - namely that defendants do not have a due process right to more than a preponderance-of-the-evidence standard for the finding of sentencing facts.

Back in 1991, the Sentencing Commission adopted a new and highly ...

 

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