United States v. Jaime Ramos-Guerrero

978 F.2d 1266 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jaime RAMOS-GUERRERO, Defendant-Appellant. No. 92-50156. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 8, 1992. Decided Nov. 5, 1992. Before D.W. NELSON, REINHARDT and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 A jury found Jaime Ramos-Guerrero guilty of conspiracy to import marijuana, importation of marijuana, conspiracy to possess marijuana with the intent to distribute, and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. He was sentenced to a term of 35 months in custody and two years of supervised release. Ramos-Guerrero appeals on grounds of insufficiency of the evidence. We reverse. BACKGROUND 3 Based on observations six days earlier of a marijuana smuggling operation in the area, Border Patrol Agent William Doolittle and seven other agents converged on a road just north of the United States-Mexico border in the early morning of…