United States v. Carol Lee Cheatham-Watkins

51 F.3d 282 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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-Appellant, v. Carol Lee CHEATHAM-WATKINS, Defendant-Appellee. No. 94-50142. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 8, 1995. Decided April 3, 1995. Before: TROTT, FERNANDEZ, and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 The only issue on appeal is the whether the evidence offered in this case is sufficient to support the jury verdict. "[A review of sufficiency of the evidence] does not require a court to ask itself whether it believes that the evidence at the trial established guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Instead, the relevant question is whether, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt." Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 318-319 (1979) (citations and quotations omitted) (emphasis added). 3 In…