Opinion ID: 2807845
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: sufficiency of the evidence

Text: Benjamin attacks the sufficiency of the evidence in a variety of respects. Tawny's and Mann's fears were unreasonable, he argues, in light of his health problems, his lack of alarming conduct while driving by the house, and his arrest several miles from their home. The items found in his car are used in camping, and some belonged to his brother. He never directly threatened Mann, and his threats to Tawny were hyperbolic reactions to the demise of his marriage. He says Tawny had to have known that his threats were caused by mental problems associated with his health, and once he recovered from hypoglycemia, their communications were nonthreatening and focused on property issues relating to their divorce. And, the pro se brief adds, he traveled to Maine only to take photos for use in the divorce, so he lacked the criminal 2 In a pro se brief, Benjamin argues he received ineffective assistance of counsel. He alleges that, due to the trial schedule, his trial counsel omitted the testimony of two witnesses and convinced him not to testify, along with other allegations of prejudice. [W]e do not generally address ineffective assistance claims on direct appeal, but instead require them to be raised on collateral review. Delgado-Marrero, 744 F.3d at 197 n.31. We will reach such claims when scrutiny of the factual record is unnecessary because the attorney's ineffectiveness is manifestly apparent from the record, id. (quoting United States v. Neto, 659 F.3d 194, 203 (1st Cir. 2011)) (internal quotation marks omitted), but this is not such a case. -13- intent required by statute. That, of course, is not what he said earlier, when he said that he was going to kill [Mann,] and if Tawny didn't come home, he would kill her too. We affirm if a rational jury could find the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Walker, 665 F.3d at 224. It is abundantly clear from the record that a rational jury could find the defendant guilty.