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Eighth Circuit· 7/31/2017

United States v. Thomas Ashburn

Citations

  • 865 F.3d 997
  • 2017 WL 3221304
  • 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 13802

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  • holding that government’s required proof of the § 2D1.1(b)(1) enhancement “is ‘a very low bar,’ as we have repeatedly explained, and ‘[e]vidence that the weapon was found in the same location as drugs or drug paraphernalia usually suffices’”
  • “[W]e have no doubt the district court would have reached the same decision with a proper application of the burden of proof.”

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Judges: Riley, Beam, Shepherd

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