United States of America v. Antonio Hadley

The Hon. Avern Cohn, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, sitting by
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designation.
NOT RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION
File Name: 08a0009n.06
Filed: January 7, 2008
06-2598
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
ANTONIO HADLEY,
Defendant-Appellant.
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ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED
STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
Before: RYAN and DAUGHTREY, Circuit Judges; COHN, District Judge.*
PER CURIAM. The defendant, Antonio Hadley, was convicted of conspiracy to
distribute cocaine, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and possession of a firearm
in furtherance of a drug-trafficking offense. On appeal, he challenges only the sufficiency
of the evidence, contending that the government failed to corroborate the statement he
gave police at the time of his arrest and that there was no other additional proof to support
the jury’s verdict.
Having had the benefit of oral argument, and having studied the record on appeal
and the briefs of the parties, we are not persuaded that the district court erred in denying

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the defendant’s motion for a judgment of acquittal pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal
Procedure 29. Because the reasons why relief under Rule 29 was inappropriate in this
case have been fully articulated by the district court, the issuance of a detailed opinion by
this court would be duplicative and would serve no useful purpose. Accordingly, we
AFFIRM the judgment of the district court upon the reasoning set out by that court in its
opinion dated August 10, 2006.

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