Gerahty v. United States

How courts have described this case

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• downward departure authorized where substantially enhanced sentence range results from a series of enhancements proven only by a preponderance of the evidence
• “The preponderance standard is no more than a tie-breaker dictating that when the evidence on an issue is evenly balanced, the party with the burden of proof loses.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).