## United States Court of App eals

F O R T H E E I G H T H

C I R C U I T

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__ __ __ __ Uni te d S ta te s o f Am eri ca, *

* App el le e, *

* App eal fro m

th e Uni te d S ta te s

v. * Dis tri ct Co ur t fo r th e Eas te rn
* Dis tri ct of Ark an sa s. Fel ip e Ja ss o Ol iv arri a, *

* [UNPUBLISHED] App el la nt

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Su bm it te d: Ju ne 11 , 20 12 Fi le d: Ju ly 26, 2 01 2

__ __ __ __ __ _ Befo re LOKEN, GRUEND ER, an d B ENTON, Ci rcu it Ju dg es

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A jury co nv ic te d Feli pe Ja ss o Oliv arri a of co ns pi racy to po ss es s (wit h in te nt
to di st rib ut e) m et ha mp h e t a mine
, an d po ss es si on of at le as t 50 gr am s of

m et ha m ph et am in e wit h in te n t to di st rib ut e, in vi ol at io n of 18 U.S.C. § 84 1( a)(1 ), (b )(1 ) ( A ) a n d 84 6. He ap pe al s arg ui ng th ere was in su ffi ci en t ev id en ce fo r th e

co nv ic ti on . Havi ng juri sd ic ti on un de r 28 U.S.C. § 1 29 1, t hi s co ur t af fir m s.

Sh an no n W or th am ag reed to co op erat e wit h a dr ug in ve st ig at io n by cal li ng hi s

m et h su pp li er an d req ue st in g si x ou nc es be de li ve red

. On th e da y sc he du le d fo r d e l i ve ry , i nv es ti ga to rs were in an d aro un d W or th am ’s r es id en ce. Two cars arri ve d th ere; Oli va rri a was dr i v i n g o ne of th e cars (a Hon da ). Dom in go Gus m an Lop ez(a/ k/ a Is ai ah Cas ti ll o F ig ue ro a), t he dr iv er of the ot he r car, exi te d i t an d wen t t o t he

win do w of Oli va rri a’s car. Oli va rri a ha nd ed hi m a la rg e st yrof oa m cu p of m et h. Fi gu ero a carr ie d it in to W or th am ’s res id en ce. Oli va rri a dr ov e of f an d was arre st ed

a bl oc k a w ay

. No dr

ug s were fo un d in th e Hon da or on hi s pe rs on whe n arre st ed

. The st y ro fo am

cu p was no t t es te d fo r fi ng erp rin ts

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W or th am te st ifi ed th at th e dr ug s were no rm al ly de li ve red to hi m in a st y ro fo am

cu p or a ba g of ch ip s. Fi gu ero a te st ifi ed he was ro ut in el y to ld to go di ffer en t pl aces
to pi ck up th e m et h fo r de li ve ry –o fte n Oli va rri a’s ho us e. On th e da y of th e arre st , he ha d bee n di rect ed ag ai n to Oli va rri a’s ho us e to pi ck up m et h fo r de li ve ry

. Fi gu ero a
te st ifi ed Oli va rri a di d no t kn ow t h at th e dr ug s were hi dd en in hi s ho us e bu t he di d k no w th at th ere was m et h in th e cu p. He al so te st ifi ed Oli va rri a kn ew t h e y w e r e de li ve rin g m et h a nd Oli va rri a was to ge t $ 10 0 fo r dr iv in g t he cu p t o Wort ha m ’s.

Su ffi ci en cy of th e ev id en ce is rev ie wed de no vo

. Uni te d St at es v. Mor an , 61 2
F.3 d 68 4, 69 0 (8 th Ci r. 20 10 ). All reas on ab le in fere nc es su pp or ti ng th e jury ve rd ic t

are acce pt ed

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. The ve rd ic t wil l be up he ld if an y in te rp ret at io n of th e ev id en ce

co ul d l ead a reas on ab le jury to fin d g ui lt be y on d a reas on ab le do ub t. Id

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Oli va rri a arg ue s th at th e pr oo f at tri al was in su ffi ci en t, as se rti ng th at th ere was

no ev id en ce th at he m ad e an y ag ree men t t o in te nt io na ll y di st rib ut e dr ug s. He

em ph as iz es th at hi s m ere pr es en ce wit h so m eo ne se ll i n g dr ug s is no t en ou gh to

es ta bl is h m em

be rs hi p in a co ns pi racy. Uni te d St at e s v

. C u e rv o , 3 54 F.3 d 96 9, 98 5 (8 th Ci r. 20 04 ). To pr ov e co n s p ira cy th e go ve rn m en t m us t sh ow (1 ) a co ns pi racy

ex is te d, (2 ) Oli va rri a kn ew it ex is te d an d it s pu rp os e, an d (3 ) he kn owi ng ly joi ne d it

. Uni te d St at es v. Rol on -Ramo s , 50 2 F.3 d 75 0, 75 4 (8 th Ci r. 20 07 ). A co ns pi racy m ay be pr ov ed by ci rcu m st an ti al ev id en ce. Id

. Eve n a m in or co ns pi rat or ’s co nv ic ti on is

up he ld if t he re i s s uf

fic ie nt ev id en ce o f a co nn ect io n t o t he co ns pi racy. Id

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-Alm os t al l of Oli va rri a’s su ffi ci en cy arg um en t is an at ta ck on th e cred ib il it y of

th e wit ne ss es ag ai ns t hi m

. “ It is th e fu nc ti on of th e jury, no t an ap pe ll at e co ur t, to

res ol ve co nf

li ct s in te st im on y or jud ge th e cred ib il it y of wit ne ss es .” Uni te d St at es v. Har ri so n , 67 1 F.2 d 11 59
, 11 62 ( 8 th Ci r. 19 82 ) (p er cu ria m ). “ Su ch cred ib il it y fin di ng s ‘are vi rtu al ly un rev ie wab le on ap pe al .’ ” U ni te d St at es v. Her na nd ez , 56 9
F.3 d 89 3, 89 7 (8 th Ci r. 20 09 ) (q uo ti ng Uni te d St at es v. Boy ce , 56 4 F.3 d 91 1, 91 6 (8 th Ci r. 20 09 )).

The re was ev id en ce th at : (1 ) Fi gu ero a an d hi s su pp li ers co ns pi red to di st rib ut e

m et h to W or th am ; (2 ) on th e da y of hi s arre st , Oli va rri a dr ov e a Hon da an d Fi gu ero a dr ov e an ot he r car to W or th am ’s; (3 ) whe n th ey arri ve d, Fi gu ero a ex it ed hi s car, Oli va rri a ha nd ed hi m a cu p of m et h; an d, (4 ) Fi gu ero a was to pa y Oli va rri a $1 00 fo r dr iv in g th e m et h to W or th am ’s. The reas on ab le in fere nc es an d in te rp ret at io n of th e

ev id en ce s up po rt t he ve rd ic t.

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The jud gm en t o f th e d is tri ct co ur t is affi rm ed

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The Hon or ab le Su sa n W eb be r W rig ht
, Uni te d S t at es Dis tri ct Ju dg e fo r th e 1 East ern Dis tri ct of Ark an sa s.

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