United States v. Delbert Frame

972 F.2d 1344 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Delbert FRAME, Defendant-Appellant. No. 91-10245. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted July 14, 1992. * Decided July 16, 1992. Before WALLACE, Chief Judge, and CHOY and POOLE, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** I. 2 Appellant retired from the Humboldt County Sheriff's Department in 1978 as a result of bad health. Appellant's bad health continued, and he was hospitalized at least three times in 1989 for a gall bladder operation and for heart problems. Appellant, together with his wife, his son, and his daughter-in-law, owned 29 acres of property. On May 18, 1989, officer's from the Humboldt County Sheriff's Department searched the property pursuant to a warrant, and discovered several marijuana gardens and a building containing gardening tools and equipped for marijuana drying and processing. In addition to gardening equipment, the building…