Morales

MEMORANDUM **

Beatrice Marie Morales (“Morales”) appeals the district court’s denial of her motion for-judgment of acquittal and the two level upward adjustment of her sentence for obstruction of justice. Morales was convicted, following a jury trial, of importation of marijuana in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 952 (a), 960, and of possession with intent to distribute marijuana in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841 (a). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.

*523 Morales argues that the evidence presented at trial is insufficient to establish that she knew about the 58.8 pounds of marijuana that United States Customs inspectors found in the gas tank of the car she was driving. Because Morales moved pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 29 for judgment of acquittal both at the conclusion of the government’s case-in-chief and after all the evidence had been presented, we review the district court’s denial of the motion de novo.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, we conclude that “a rational jury could have found the elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.” United States v.. Munoz, 233 F.3d 1117, 1129 (9th…