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Summary: UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT _ No. 99-50192 Summary Calendar _ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus ADELITA VALENZUELA-REYNA, Defendant-Appellant. _ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas (P-98-CR-82-ALL-F) _ November 23, 1999 Before JOLLY, JONES, and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:* Defendant-Appellant Adelita Valenzuela-Reyna (Reyna) appeals her jury conviction for possession with intent to distribute mariju
Summary: UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT _ No. 99-50192 Summary Calendar _ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus ADELITA VALENZUELA-REYNA, Defendant-Appellant. _ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas (P-98-CR-82-ALL-F) _ November 23, 1999 Before JOLLY, JONES, and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:* Defendant-Appellant Adelita Valenzuela-Reyna (Reyna) appeals her jury conviction for possession with intent to distribute marijua..
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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
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No. 99-50192
Summary Calendar
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
ADELITA VALENZUELA-REYNA,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Texas
(P-98-CR-82-ALL-F)
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November 23, 1999
Before JOLLY, JONES, and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Defendant-Appellant Adelita Valenzuela-Reyna (Reyna) appeals
her jury conviction for possession with intent to distribute
marijuana. 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). Reyna argues that the district
court erred in giving the jury a “deliberate ignorance”
instruction. We have reviewed the briefs and record and, based
upon Reyna’s defense of a lack of guilty knowledge and the evidence
adduced at trial, the district court did not err in its
instruction. See United States v. McKinney,
53 F.3d 664, 676 (5th
Cir. 1995); United States v. Lara-Velasquez,
919 F.2d 946 (5th Cir.
1990).
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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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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.
Reyna also argues that the evidence presented at trial was
insufficient to support the jury’s finding that she knowingly
possessed marijuana. The evidence contained in the record is
sufficient to support the jury’s finding that Reyna knowingly
possessed marijuana with intent to distribute. See United States
v. Diaz-Carreon,
915 F.2d 951, 953 (5th Cir. 1990).
AFFIRMED.
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