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Summary: IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 98-60571 Summary Calendar UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus YAMINAH McAFEE, Defendant-Appellant. _ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi USDC No. 1:98-CR-3-2-PG _ June 8, 1999 Before JOLLY, SMITH, and WIENER, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:* Yaminah McAfee appeals her conviction for conspiracy to possess cocaine base with the intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.
Summary: IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 98-60571 Summary Calendar UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus YAMINAH McAFEE, Defendant-Appellant. _ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi USDC No. 1:98-CR-3-2-PG _ June 8, 1999 Before JOLLY, SMITH, and WIENER, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:* Yaminah McAfee appeals her conviction for conspiracy to possess cocaine base with the intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C..
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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 98-60571
Summary Calendar
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
YAMINAH McAFEE,
Defendant-Appellant.
_________________________________________________________________
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Mississippi
USDC No. 1:98-CR-3-2-PG
_________________________________________________________________
June 8, 1999
Before JOLLY, SMITH, and WIENER, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Yaminah McAfee appeals her conviction for conspiracy to
possess cocaine base with the intent to distribute, in violation of
21 U.S.C. § 846; possession of cocaine base with the intent to
distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); employment of a
minor to distribute cocaine base, in violation of 21 U.S.C.
§ 861(a)(1); and felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of
18 U.S. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2).
McAfee’s challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence is
essentially a challenge to the jury’s credibility and weight-of-
*
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that
this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except
under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.
the-evidence determinations. Since the testimony of Drug
Enforcement Administration Agent Roger Caplinger and coconspirator
Eddie Hannibal was not patently unbelievable or incredible, McAfee
has failed to show that a reasonable trier of fact could not have
found guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. United States v. Lopez,
74
F.3d 575, 578 (5th Cir. 1996); United States v. Bell,
678 F.2d 547,
549 (5th Cir. 1982)(en banc).
A F F I R M E D.