United States v. Henao

SUMMARY ORDER

Defendant-Appellee Carlos Humberto Ruiz appeals from his conviction, after a one-week jury trial, of violating federal narcotics laws by conspiring with a group of people that sought to import large amounts of methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA or “ecstasy”) into the United States.1 Ruiz’s only argument is that there was insufficient evidence proffered at trial to allow a rational jury to conclude, beyond a reasonable doubt, that he knew — or consciously avoided knowing— that the specific object of the conspiracy was the importation of a controlled substance, as opposed to some…