United States v. Manuel Juan Alvarez
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:
Manuel Juan Alvarez was convicted of conspiring to import marijuana in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 963 (1976). A panel of this court reversed the conviction because it concluded that the government had failed to produce sufficient evidence that Alvarez had joined in the agreement to engage in illegal activity. United States v. Alvarez, 610 F.2d 1250 (5th Cir. 1980). Sitting en banc we now reach a different conclusion; the evidence was sufficient to convict.
Our only question is whether the jury could reasonably conclude that the evidence, viewed in the light most favorable…
Also in this document: Dissent.
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