928 F. 2d 1137 - United States v. De La Cruz
928 F2d 1137 United States v. De La Cruz
928 F.2d 1137
Unpublished Disposition
NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
German DE LA CRUZ, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 90-50173.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted March 20, 1991.*
Decided March 25, 1991.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California; No. CR-88-0931-DVK, David V. Kenyon, District Judge, Presiding.
C.D.Cal.
AFFIRMED.
Before CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, DAVID R. THOMPSON and RYMER, Circuit Judges.
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MEMORANDUM**
German De La Cruz appeals his conviction, following a jury trial, on one count of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute 55 kilograms of cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. Sec. 846. De La Cruz contends that the evidence introduced at trial was insufficient to support the verdict. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291 and affirm.
In order to preserve the issue of whether sufficient evidence supports the conviction, "the defendant must move for a judgment of acquittal during the trial pursuant to Fed.R.Crim.P. 29(a)." United States v. Ward, 914 F.2d 1340, 1346 (9th Cir.1990). Here, the record reveals that De La Cruz failed to move for a judgment of acquittal during the trial. Accordingly, we find that De La Cruz has waived all rights to challenge the sufficiency of the evidence on appeal.1
AFFIRMED.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for disposition without oral argument. Fed.R.App.P. 34(a); 9th Cir.R. 34-4. Accordingly, we deny De La Cruz's request for oral argument
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by 9th Cir.R. 36-3
Even if the issue were not foreclosed, sufficient evidence supports De La Cruz's conviction. See United States v. Harden, 846 F.2d 1229, 1232 (9th Cir.1988)