United States v. Claxton, No. 11-2552 (3d Cir. 2012)
Annotate this CaseA jury found Claxton guilty of conspiring to possess cocaine with the intent to distribute, but the district court entered a judgment of acquittal on the ground that there was not enough evidence for a reasonable jury to conclude that Claxton knowingly participated in the conspiracy. The Third Circuit reversed and remanded for sentencing. The court noted evidence that Claxton repeatedly did that organization’s bidding, that he was entrusted to help transport large sums of money, that he visited the place where that money was laundered, and that he frequented the place where the organization’s drugs were stored and its business discussed. The totality of those circumstances was more than enough to allow the jury to rationally decide beyond a reasonable doubt that he was guilty.
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