United States v. Adhiamo Mitchell

Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Judge Motz wrote the opinion, in which Judge Hamilton and Judge Trader joined.

DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ, Circuit Judge:

After a jury found Adhiamo Mitchell guilty of harboring and concealing a fugitive, the district court concluded that the Government had failed to prove that he had engaged in any affirmative act of harboring and so granted his motion for a judgment of acquittal. Because the Government put forth evidence from which a rational jury could conclude that Mitchell committed an affirmative act of harboring, the evidence was sufficient to support…