United States v. Miguel Gomez-Benabe

FRANCIS J. BOYLE, District Judge.

Miguel Gomez appeals from judgments of conviction for the willful, knowing, and unlawful possession with intent to distribute of a controlled substance, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); and for importation of a controlled substance into the customs territory of the United States from a place outside thereof, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 952(a). At trial, appellant, both at the end of the presentation of the government’s evidence and again after the jury reached its verdict, moved for a judgment of acquittal pursuant to Fed.R.Crim.P. 29(c) arguing that…