U.S. v. MENDOZA

No. 06-2999.

510 F.3d 749 (2007)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. José MENDOZA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 20, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lesley J. Miller Lowery, Office of the United States Attorney, Fort Wayne, IN, David E. Hollar (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Hammond, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Andrea E. Gambino (argued), Gambino & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before POSNER, KANNE and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

A jury found Jos é Mendoza guilty of distributing amphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). Mendoza challenges the sufficiency of the government's evidence against him and the district court's procedure for identifying alternate jurors. He also argues that the district court erroneously presumed that a sentence within the guidelines range would be reasonable. We affirm.

I.

The evidence presented by the government...

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