United States v. Perez, No. 11-1747 (8th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CaseDefendant was convicted of conspiring to manufacture 100 or more marijuana plants, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime, and being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm. Defendant appealed his convictions. The court concluded that the district court did not err in denying defendant's motion for judgment of acquittal or, in the alternative, new trial, based on the sufficiency of the evidence and based on any purported inconsistencies in a translator's translation of defendant's statement to law enforcement. Accordingly, the judgment was affirmed.
Court Description: Criminal case - Criminal law. Evidence was sufficient to support defendant's firearm conviction; challenge to interpreter rejected.
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