Flores-Montano
United States v. Flores-Montano
Opinion
Opinion
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 04-50497 Plaintiff-Appellee, v. D.C. No.
CR-02-00536-IEG
MANUEL FLORES-MONTANO,
OPINION
Defendant-Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Irma E. Gonzalez, District Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted June 10, 2005—Pasadena, California
Filed September 14, 2005
Before: Betty B. Fletcher, Pamela Ann Rymer, and Raymond C. Fisher, Circuit Judges.
Per Curiam Opinion
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COUNSEL
Benjamin L. Coleman, Esquire, San Diego California, for the appellant.
Mark R. Rehe, Assistant United States Attorney, San Diego, California, for the appellee. 13244 UNITED STATES v. FLORES-MONTANO
OPINION
PER CURIAM:
Appellant Manuel Flores-Montano appeals from the denial of his motion to suppress evidence and the resulting conditional-plea conviction for “illegal importation of mer- chandise” after border inspectors found thirty-seven kilo- grams of marijuana in the gas tank of his vehicle during a search of Flores-Montano’s vehicle as…