U.S. v. MORFIN

No. 97-30102.

151 F.3d 1149 (1998)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Catarino MORFIN, a.k.a. Katarino Morfin, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 20, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas D. Nagle, Yakima, Washington, for defendant-appellant.

Robert A. Ellis, Assistant United States Attorney, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before: REINHARDT, THOMPSON and LEAVY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Catarino Morfin appeals his jury conviction for conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, methamphetamine, and for distribution of a controlled substance, methamphetamine, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2 and 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). He seeks reversal of the distribution count on the basis of jury instruction error and of the conspiracy count on insufficiency of the evidence. We affirm.

I. IMPROPER JURY INSTRUCTION

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