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· 3/9/2004

United States v. Jesus Cordova Barajas, AKA Jesus Magana Gudino

Citations

  • 360 F.3d 1037
  • 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 4444
  • 2004 WL 421948

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that the trier of fact may “disbelieve [the defendant] and infer the opposite of his testimony”
  • holding that “circumstantial evidence alone can be sufficient to demonstrate a defendant’s guilt”
  • recognizing that “circumstantial evidence alone can be sufficient to demonstrate a defendant’s guilt”
  • holding that a conviction for “cultivating” marijuana under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2 was supported by sufficient evidence where officers found defendant with a gar- den tool outside a structure “containing drying marijuana plants”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Alarcón, Beezer, Fletcher

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