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042254P.pdf   04/17/2006  United States  v.  Gabriel Parra Lopez
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  04-2254
   District of South Dakota   
   [PUBLISHED] [En Banc] [Arnold, Author, with Chief Judge Loken,
   Wollman, Beam, Murphy, Bye, Riley, Melloy, Smith, Colloton,
   Gruender, and Benton, Circuit Judges]
   Criminal Case - conviction. In challenge to sufficiency of the evidence in
   conspiracy cases, while a defendant's role may be minor, the government
   must offer enough evidence to prove a defendant's connection to a
   conspiracy beyond a reasonable doubt. Slight evidence rule is rejected. 
   Evidence was sufficient to prove beyond reasonable doubt that defendant
   participated in the drug conspiracy.
  
042254P.pdf   07/18/2005  United States  v.  Gabriel Parra Lopez
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  04-2254
                          and No:  04-2257
   District of South Dakota