Record contained sufficient evidence to support jury’s guilty verdict on drug conspiracy charge, even though defendant argued that record supported only existence of buyer/seller relationship between defendant and Guzman Drug Trafficking Organization (GDTO). While defendant claimed that she was mere customer of GDTO, record supported instant drug conspiracy conviction, where: (1) defendant and GDTO had year-long relationship, during which defendant regularly purchased wholesale quantities of heroin; (2) record showed existence of at least two instances where defendant purchased heroin from GDTO on credit; (3) on one occasion defendant warned GDTO about potential law enforcement intervention; and (4) on occasion, defendant and GDTO shared vehicles with trap compartments used to transport drugs.
Federal 7th Circuit Court
Criminal Court
Conspiracy