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071172P.pdf   05/05/2008  United States of America  v.  Juan Negrete-Santana
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  07-1172
   U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Sioux City   
   [PUBLISHED][Benton, Author, with Wollman and John R. Gibson,
   Circuit Judges]
   Criminal case - criminal law. District court erred in granting
   defendant's motion for a judgment of acquittal as there was sufficient
   evidence for a reasonable jury to find defendant guilty of possession of
   methamphetamine with intent to distribute based on an aiding-and-
   abetting theory.
  
071172P.pdf   03/28/2008  United States of America  v.  Juan Negrete-Santana
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  07-1172
   U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Sioux City   
   [PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with John R. Gibson and Wollman,
   Circuit Judges]
   Criminal case - criminal law. Viewing the evidence most favorable to
   jury's guilty verdict, there was sufficient circumstantial evidence for a
   reasonable jury to conclude defendant aided and abetted possession with
   intent to distribute methamphetamine, and the district court erred in
   granting defendant's motion for acquittal; case remanded with directions
   to reinstate the verdict.