United States v. Mario Lechuga

GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

Defendant-appellant Mario Lechuga (Le-chuga) appeals his conviction, following a jury trial, for one count of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 846, and one count of distribution of cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). Lechuga primarily contests the sufficiency of the evidence to support his conviction on each count. Lechuga also contends that the district court committed reversible error by admitting certain hearsay statements of one of Lechuga’s alleged co-conspirators and opinion testimony of one of the government’s…