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U.S. v. ALANIS

No. 96-1752.

109 F.3d 1239 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph ALANIS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 31, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry Rand Elden, Chief of Appeals, Kathleen T. Murdock (argued), Office of the U.S. Atty., Criminal Appellate Div., Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Allan A. Ackerman (argued), Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and FLAUM and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Joseph Alanis raises two issues on this appeal of his conviction for conspiracy to possess and possession of marijuana. He argues that he was entitled to a judgment of acquittal following trial. He also argues that comments made by the district court in the course of trial mandate reversal of his conviction. We affirm.

I.

In July 1993, three brothers, Joe, Fidel and Julian Torres, agreed to transport almost 1000 pounds of marijuana...

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