United States v. Aaron Hymas

How courts have described this case

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• holding that district court properly considered losses to successor lenders
• noting the propriety of harmless-error analysis when the error would have resulted in the same Guidelines range
• “We conclude that the district court correctly calculated the losses by taking the principal amount of the loan and subtracting any credits from the subsequent sale of the property.”
• preponderance of the evidence standard of proof generally applies to facts found at sentencing, but the higher clear and convincing standard applies when a sentencing factor has “an extremely disproportionate effect” on the sentence
• affirming the preponderance standard, despite a ten-point increase

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