United States v. Espinosa

HOLLOWAY, Chief Judge.

This is a timely consolidated appeal brought by ten defendants who were convicted after a jury trial on two counts of an indictment charging possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and conspiracy to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a), 846, and 18 U.S.C. § 2.1 The defendants were all sentenced to fifteen years’ imprisonment.

The defendants present the following issues on appeal: (1) whether sufficient evidence was presented to support .each defendant’s conviction on both counts of the indictment; (2) whether the trial court violated defendants’ Sixth…