United States v. Heriberto Diaz, Yvette Huertas and Wilfredo Mojica

How courts have described this case

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• defendant was present during transaction, brought drugs to the deal, and observed transaction take place
• “[T]he credibility of witnesses is peculiarly within the province of the jury and our review of credibility is prohibited absent extraordinary circumstances.”
• “relevant inquiry is whether it is within the jury’s capacity to follow the trial court’s limiting instructions requiring separate consideration for each defendant and the evidence admitted against [him]”
• “ ‘To say that the jury might have been confused amounts to nothing more than an unfounded speculation that the jurors disregarded clear instructions of the court in arriving at their verdict. Our theory of trial relies upon the ability of a jury to follow instructions.’ ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).