Sufficiency of Evidence

By: Derek Hawkins//May 27, 2019//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: United States of America v. Maria Moreno

Case No.: 17-3435

Officials: FLAUM, KANNE, and SCUDDER, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Sufficiency of Evidence

A jury convicted Maria Moreno of one count of conspiring with others with the intent to distribute narcotics and two counts of knowingly using a telephone in furtherance of the conspiracy. Moreno argues there was insufficient evidence to support a finding that she conspired with the Guzman Drug Trafficking Organization (the “Guzman DTO”), but rather, the evidence merely showed a buyer-seller relationship. The district court rejected Moreno’s motion for judgment of acquittal based on this argument, and we affirm.

Affirmed

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Derek A Hawkins is trademark corporate counsel for Harley-Davidson. Hawkins oversees the prosecution and maintenance of the Harley-Davidson’s international trademark portfolio in emerging markets.

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