Unpublished Disposition, 933 F.2d 1017 (9th Cir. 1991)

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US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit - 933 F.2d 1017 (9th Cir. 1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,v.Jose Juan QUINONES, Defendant-Appellant.

No. 90-50302.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Submitted May 15, 1991.* Decided May 23, 1991.

Before EUGENE A. WRIGHT, GOODWIN and SKOPIL, Circuit Judges.

MEMORANDUM** 

Quinones appeals from his conviction by a jury for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. He contends there was insufficient evidence to prove that he knowingly possessed the cocaine. Evidence proved that he possessed a substantial quantity of cocaine. There was abundant circumstantial evidence that he was the knowing recipient of the drugs. United States v. Barbosa, 906 F.2d 1366, 1368-69 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 111 S. Ct. 394 (1990).

AFFIRMED.

 **

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3

 *

The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. Fed. R. App. P. 34(a); Ninth Circuit Rule 34-4

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