Caramanis

MEMORANDUM **

David Caramanis appeals his conviction for conspiracy to manufacture, possess with intent to distribute, and distribute gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 . We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.

1. Caramanis argues that the government produced insufficient evidence at trial to show that he agreed to or knowingly assisted with the conspiracy and therefore that there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction. Caramanis concedes the existence of a conspiracy led by Sean McGrath; therefore the government need only have shown “substantial evidence of only a slight connection to the conspiracy to convict [Caramanis] for participation in the conspiracy.” See United States v. Pinkney, 15 F.3d 825, 827 (9th Cir.1994) (quoting United States v. Foster, 985 F.2d 466, 469 (9th Cir.1993)).

The government presented at trial substantial evidence of Caramanis’s connection to the conspiracy. Not including the evidence challenged by Caramanis as improperly admitted, as discussed below, the government presented (1) evidence that Caramanis stayed at and had free access to McGrath’s residence, at which 50 pounds of gamma…