United States v. Murphy Begay

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUN 22 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES, No. 19-10251

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 3:18-cr-08107-SPL-1 v.

MURPHY ALEX BEGAY, MEMORANDUM*

Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Steven P. Logan, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted May 13, 2022 Pasadena, California

Before: WATFORD and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges, and AMON,** District Judge.

Concurrence by Judge FRIEDLAND, joined by Judge WATFORD

Murphy Alex Begay appeals from the denial of his motion for a new trial and

his motion for acquittal as a matter of law, arguing that the district court’s failure to

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Carol Bagley Amon, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, sitting by designation. suppress his pretrial statements, its decision to exclude…