Legal Opinion
United States v. Perez
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 13, 2011No. 11-1747PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
A jury convicted Edulio Perez of conspiring to manufacture 100 or more marijuana plants, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(B), and 846 (“Count 1”); possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A) (“Count 2”); and being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(5) and 924(a)(2) (“Count 3”). On appeal, Per ez argues that the district court 1 erred in denying his motion for judgment of acquittal or, in the alternative, a new trial, on Counts 2 and 3 because no…
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