U.S. v. SANTILLANA

No. 09-50298.

604 F.3d 192 (2010)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Tiofila SANTILLANA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 14, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Gay, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., San Antonio, TX, Jennifer S. Freel, Austin, TX, for U.S.

Robert Victor Garcia, Jr. (Court-Appointed), Odessa, TX, for Santillana.

Before GARWOOD, SMITH and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.


JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Tiofila Santillana was convicted by a jury of distributing methadone resulting in the death of Brandon Moore. She argues that there is insufficient evidence to convict. We affirm.

I.

The facts are not disputed. On April 9, 2008, Moore obtained an unknown quantity of Xanax1 pills from a friend, Emily Suckarieh. Later that evening, Moore and a friend, Tyler Dickson, went to Santillana's home...

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