Legal Opinion
United States v. Isabel Trejo
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 8, 2016No. 15-3016PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHEPHERD, Circuit Judge.
A jury convicted Isabel Mata Trejo of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, but acquitted her of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. She challenges her conviction on two grounds. First, she argues that the district court 1 should have granted her motion for acquittal because the evidence is insufficient to support the conspiracy conviction. Second, she contends that the district court abused its discretion in submitting a deliberate ignorance instruction to the jury. Having…
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