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122898P.pdf   04/24/2013  United States  v.  Joel Castillo
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  12-2898
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas - Ft. Smith   
   [PUBLISHED] [Murphy, Author, with Smith and Gruender, Circuit Judges]
   Criminal Case - conviction and sentence. Viewing the evidence in the
   light most favorable to jury verdict, government presented sufficient
   evidence for rational jury to find Castillo possessed methamphetamine
   knowingly or intentionally, as drugs were found in truck he alone drove,
   he appeared nervous at traffic stop, drugs smelled of mustard, he was
   unsurprised when drugs discovered, and story was implausible. District
   court did not clearly err in denying offense level reduction for mitigating
   role and considered the section 3553(a) factors in determining sentence. 
   District court did not abuse its discretion in sentencing Castillo.