Does the equipoise rule apply only where evidence is nonexistent or so meager?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from United States v. Aquart, 912 F.3d 1 (2nd Cir. 2018):
the equipoise rule to apply only where evidence "is nonexistent or so meager" as to preclude the inferences necessary to a finding favorable to the government. United States v. Jiau , 734 F.3d 147, 152 (2d Cir. 2013) (internal quotation marks omitted). That is not this case.
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