United States v. Cristian Rodriguez-Lopez

JENNIFER WALKER ELROD, Circuit Judge:

A jury in the Eastern District of Texas convicted Cristian Alejandro Rodriguez-Lopez and Luis Narcisco Barron (collectively, “defendants”) of conspiring to distribute marijuana. The district court sentenced each defendant to a term of imprisonment. Rodriguez-Lopez argues on appeal that venue was improper in the Eastern District and that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the conviction. Rodriguez-Lopez also argues that the district court improperly calculated his offense level for sentencing purposes. Barron, in a separate appeal, argues that the…