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Parties Involved:
Virgilio Guerra
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEAL 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellee, 

v. 

VIRGILIO GUERRA, 

Defendant-Appellant. 

. TENTH CIRCUIT 

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JUL 2 0 1992 

ROBERT L. H'OECKEti;i Clerk . ~ 

Nos. 91-3387 & 92-3001 

(D.C. Nos. 90-20072-01 & 02) 

(D. Kan.) 

ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

Before LOGAN, TACHA, and EBEL, Circuit Judges. 

This appeal is from an order of the district court denying 

appellant's motion for acquittal after a jury verdict convicting 

him of possession and distribution of cocaine. On appeal, 

appellant Virgilio Guerra contends that the jury verdict was not 

supported by sufficient evidence. We affirm. 

After a careful review of the record, it is clear that there 

is ample evidence to support the conviction. We find nothing 

inconsistent in the finding of the jury that defendant was guilty 

on Counts III and IV, but not on Count II. Viewing the evidence 

in the light most favorable to the government, it is entirely 

possible that the evidence was simply insufficient for the jury to 

* This order and judgment has no precedential value and shall 

not be cited, or used by any court within the Tenth Circuit, 

except for purposes of establishing the doctrines of the law of 

the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. 10th Cir. R. 

36.3. 

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convict defendant on the August 22, 1990 transaction, but was 

clearly sufficient for them to convict on the August 23, 1990 

transaction. 

At trial, the government introduced evidence from which the 

jury could reasonably infer that Guerra knowingly possessed and 

distributed Cocaine on August 23. Further, the facts establishing 

the nexus between the defendant and the cocaine found in the 

cellar was sufficient to allow the jury to convict defendant on 

Counts III and IV. We AFFIRM. 

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ENTERED FOR THE COURT 

Deanell Reece Tacha 

Circuit Judge 

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