United States v. Pedro Alvarado-Alvarez

990 F.2d 1261 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Pedro ALVARADO-ALVAREZ, Defendant-Appellant. No. 91-30405. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 2, 1993. Decided April 8, 1993. 1 Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington; No. CV-91-103-JET, Jack E. Tanner, District Judge, Presiding. 2 W.D.Wash. 3 AFFIRMED. 4 BEFORE: WRIGHT, CANBY and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges 5 MEMORANDUM * 6 Pedro Alvarado-Alvarez appeals his convictions of one count of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 and 841(b)(1)(B), and of one count of use and carrying of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924 (c). Alvarado-Alvarez alleges that insufficient evidence exists to support the convictions, and challenges the instruction given to the jury on the firearm count. We affirm. BACKGROUND 7 An informant contacted…