United States v. G. Brown

MEMORANDUM

Appellant G.B. Brown (Brown) challenges his convictions for possession of oxycodone with intent to distribute and structuring of financial transactions to avoid reporting requirements. Brown maintains that there was insufficient evi-' dence to support his convictions and that he was entrapped into purchasing approximately four thousand oxycodone pills. Brown also contends that the district court erred in denying his motion for judgment of acquittal premised on several pre-trial motions.

The government presented evidence that Brown had an extensive history of purchasing large quantities of oxycodone pills, including the purchase of the four thousand pills at issue in this case. See United States v. Johnson, 357 F.3d 980, 984 (9th Cir.2004) (observing that “[a] jury can infer intent to distribute from possession of a large quantity of drugs”) (citation omitted).

Brown’s extensive history of purchasing large quantities of oxycodone pills constituted sufficient evidence that Brown was not induced to purchase four thousand ox-ycodone pills and that he was predisposed to trafficking in controlled substances. See United States v. Spentz, 653 F.3d 815, 818 (9th Cir.2011)…