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· 9/6/2017

Commonwealth v. Foss, C.

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  • sentencing court can even rely on acquitted conduct in crafting a sentence, “so long as that conduct has been proved by a preponderance of evidence” (quoting United States v. Watts, 519 U.S. 148, 157 (1997) (per curiam))
  • “[A]n acquittal does not prevent the sentencing court from considering conduct underlying the acquitted charge, so long as that conduct has been proved by a preponderance of the evidence.” (internal quotation marks omitted)

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