Legal Opinion
United States v. Rafael Alvarez Pena
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 20, 1995No. 94-3750PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
Rafael Alvarez Pena appeals Ms conviction and 324-month sentence for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. Pena argues that the district court 1 committed numerous trial and sentencing errors. We affirm.
I. Alleged Trial Errors
A. Insufficiency of the Evidence. Pena claims that the evidence presented at trial was insufficient to convict him of the conspiracy charge. We review that evidence in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict and reverse only if “no reasonable jury could have found the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable…
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