Legal Opinion

United States v. Obiora

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided December 11, 2018No. 17-1569PPublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KAYATTA, Circuit Judge.

*559 Following a jury trial, Obinna Obiora was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin, and was sentenced to 120 months' imprisonment, followed by 36 months of supervised release. On appeal, Obiora claims that a variety of alleged errors undermined the integrity of the jury's verdict and the appropriateness of his sentence. For the following reasons, we affirm.

I

We first address Obiora's challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence against him. We describe the record relevant to such a challenge in the light most favorable to the jury verdict. See…

2Cases cited25 opinions

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