United States v. Sabulon Cardenas Cuellar

97 F.3d 1461 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Sabulon Cardenas CUELLAR, Defendant-Appellant. No. 95-50118. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 7, 1996. Decided Sept. 17, 1996. 1 Before: POOLE, WIGGINS, and RYMER, Circuit Judges 2 MEMORANDUM * 3 Sebulon Cardenas Cuellar has appealed his conviction on a number of grounds. We have separately considered whether it should be reversed on account of outrageous government conduct, and concluded in a published opinion that it should not be. We now address the remaining issues, and likewise as to them, find no reversible error. 4 * Cuellar argues that the district court erred in denying his motion for acquittal based on insufficient evidence to convict him of distributing 200 kilograms of cocaine. 5 Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the government, "any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements…