United States v. Reyeros

OPINION OF THE COURT

JORDAN, Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted Jorge Reyeros and his brother, Juan Reyeros, of offenses related to a conspiracy to import cocaine into the United States. 1 On appeal, each brother challenges his conviction and Juan additionally challenges his sentence. Although both raise a number of issues on appeal, we focus primarily on, first, Jorge’s contention that the evidence was insufficient to establish beyond a reasonable doubt that he knew that the purpose of the conspiracy was to import cocaine and, second, the brothers’ shared contention that they were improperly…