United States of America, Appellee-Plaintiff v. Leonel Tapia-Perez, Appellant-Defendant
Opinion
Opinion
5 F.3d 543 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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, Appellee-Plaintiff, v. Leonel TAPIA-PEREZ, Appellant-Defendant. No. 92-30262. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 6, 1993. Decided Sept. 3, 1993. 1 Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon, No. CR-91-374; Robert E. Jones, District Judge, Presiding. 2 D.Or. 3 AFFIRMED. 4 Before: PREGERSON and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges, and INGRAM, * Senior District Judge. 5 MEMORANDUM ** 6 Defendant Leonel Tapia-Perez appeals his conviction by guilty plea for possession with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. Sec. 841 (a)(1). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291 . We affirm. BACKGROUND 7 On September 24, 1992, Officer Shaw, Sergeant George, and Detective Evans of the Portland Airport Inter-Agency Narcotics Team (PAINT) acting on a tip regarding a "suspicious" passenger, followed the…