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UNITED STATES v. SOLIS

No. 79-5204.

612 F.2d 930 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose Maria Rios SOLIS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 27, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen K. Brown, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Houston, Tex., for Jose Solis.

James R. Gough, Asst. U. S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before COLEMAN, Chief Judge, and FRANK M. JOHNSON, Jr., and POLITZ, Circuit Judges.

COLEMAN, Chief Judge.

In this case the jury acquitted Solis of conspiracy to import marijuana but convicted him of conspiracy to possess and distribute it. The grave question in the case is whether, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict, Glasser v. United States, 315 U.S. 60, 62 S.Ct. 457, 86 L.Ed. 680 (1942), the evidence was sufficient to support the conviction. We find that it was not, and reverse...

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