U.S. v. HERNANDEZ-BAUTISTA

No. 01-50698.

293 F.3d 845 (2002)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Elroy HERNANDEZ-BAUTISTA, Prudencio Garcia-Rodriguez, Amado Ochoa-Bernal, Jesus Gutierrez-Guzman, Jose Gutierrez-Guzman, and Jesus Ornela-Yanez, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 11, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Gay, Jr., Mark Randolph Stelmach (argued), Asst. U.S. Attys., San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Adrian Chavez, Odessa, TX, for Hernandez-Bautista.

John Moreno Parras, DeGuerin & Dickson, Houston, TX, for Garcia-Rodriguez.

Matt Edward Hennessy, DeGuerin & Dickson, Houston, TX, for Ochoa-Bernal.

Arvel Rodolphus Ponton, III, Law Office of Rod Ponton, Marfa, TX, for Jesus Gutierrez-Guzman.

Dick W. DeGuerin (argued), DeGuerin & Dickson, Houston, TX, for Jose Gutierrez-Guzman.

Donald Edward Ervin, Houston, TX, for Ornela-Yanez.

Before DUHÉ, BARKSDALE and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.


DENNIS, Circuit Judge:

The United States appeals from a final judgment of the district court granting the defendants' motions for judgment of acquittal after the jury returned guilty verdicts against Elroy Hernandez-Bautista, Prudencio Garcia-Rodriguez, Amado Ochoa-Bernal, Jesus Gutierrez-Guzman, Jose Gutierrez-Guzman, and Jesus Ornela-Yanez.1 Because we conclude that no "rational trier of fact...

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