Opinion ID: 1451468
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Role-in-Offense Enhancement

Text: Negrete challenges the district court's application of a two-point enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 3B1.1. He argues that there was insufficient evidence to prove that he was an organizer, leader, manager, or supervisor in this criminal conspiracy. We hold that the district court's role enhancement is sufficiently supported by the evidence presented at trial. Negrete's arguments for reversal ask this court to ignore the reasonable inferences from the record evidence. See Brandon, 521 F.3d at 1025 (requiring the court, in challenges to the sufficiency of the evidence, to examine the facts in the light most favorable to the verdict). Here, the evidence adduced at trial indicated that Negrete both organized the drug transport and that he also directed the appropriate route. His supervisory status is further confirmed by his travel to Iowa to address problems with the drug transport. Given these facts, the district court did not clearly err in finding, by a preponderance of the evidence, that Negrete was an organizer, leader, manager, or supervisor in this criminal conspiracy.