United States v. Javier Reza Ibarra

978 F.2d 1266 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Javier Reza IBARRA, Defendant-Appellant. No. 90-50140. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Nov. 2, 1992. * Decided Nov. 10, 1992. Before D.W. NELSON, CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL and RYMER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Javier Reza Ibarra appeals his conviction of conspiracy to manufacture counterfeit currency in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 , and aiding and abetting the manufacture of a plate for printing counterfeit currency in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2 (a), 474. Ibarra's defense at trial was entrapment. The district court gave the jury the standard entrapment instruction, as well as an undercover agent instruction, which informs the jury that the government is permitted to use undercover agents in its criminal investigations in certain circumstances. Ibarra contends that the district court erred by giving the jury the…