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Parties Involved:
Juan Jimenez-Velasco
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined

that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent

except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.

R. 47.5.4.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

F I L E D

February 19, 2004

Charles R. Fulbruge III

Clerk

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

 

No. 02-41696

Summary Calendar

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

JUAN JIMENEZ-VELASCO,

Defendant-Appellant.

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Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. L-02-CR-509-ALL

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Before BARKSDALE, EMILIO M. GARZA, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Juan Jimenez-Velasco appeals his convictions, following a jury

trial, of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, in

violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a) and (b)(1)(B). The district court

sentenced Jimenez to a 78-month prison term and a five-year

supervised-release term.

Jimenez contends that the trial evidence was insufficient to

support the knowledge element of his conviction. G i v e n t h a t

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Jimenez made a false statement to border patrol agents concerning

his citizenship and that there was approximately $811,000 of drugs

found in the rig, the evidence, viewed in the light most favorable

to the verdict, was sufficient for a jury to reasonably infer

Jimenez’s guilty knowledge. See United States v. Ramos-Garcia, 184

F.3d 463, 465-66 (5th Cir. 1999); United States v. Villareal, 324

F.3d 319, 324 (5th Cir. 2003); United States v. Jones, 185 F.3d

459, 464 (5th Cir. 1999).

Jimenez’s conviction is AFFIRMED.

 

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