Whether a conviction must be vacated when evidence of firearm possession in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime is based on speculation and conjecture instead of rational inferences

I. DUE PROCESS REQUIRES SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO ALLOW A RATIONAL JURY TO FIND GUILT BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT. WHERE THE EVIDENCE THAT A FIREARM WAS POSSESSED IN FURTHERANCE OF A DRUG TRAFFICKING CRIME WAS BASED ON SPECULATION AND CONJECTURE INSTEAD OF RATIONAL INFERENCES, MUST THE CONVICTION FOR COUNT 4 BE VAC ATED? iii PARTIES All parties in the Sixth Circuit proceeding are identified in the caption. Petitioner is an individual and no corporation has an interest in this case