United States v. Roger D. Sanapaw

FLAUM, Chief Judge.

In 2003, a jury found Roger D. Sanapaw guilty of two counts of knowingly and intentionally distributing marijuana. Sana-paw now appeals and challenges the jury instruction given at his trial defining marijuana as well as the sufficiency of the evidence showing that the substance he distributed was marijuana. For the reasons stated herein, we affirm.

I. Background

In the summer of 2002, Jamie Matcho-patow contacted the Menominee Tribal Police Department and informed police officers that Roger Sanapaw was selling marijuana on the Menominee Reservation. Matchopatow claimed that…