United States v. Jerry Wayne Montgomery

15 F.3d 1093 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Jerry Wayne MONTGOMERY, Defendant-Appellant. No. 93-30046. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 15, 1993. Decided Dec. 22, 1993. Before: GOODWIN, CANBY and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Jerry Wayne Montgomery appeals his guilty plea conviction of various marijuana trafficking offenses, arguing that the district court erred in denying his motions to suppress. He contends that the evidence discovered during three searches should have been excluded because the warrants authorizing them were not supported by probable cause. We AFFIRM. I. 3 A. The Warrant to Search Montgomery's Residence 4 Sometime in May 1992, a United States Border Patrol agent, Fred Bauman, informed the Okanogan County Sheriff's Department that a Canadian national named Victor Fodor was transporting truckloads of marijuana from Tonasket, Washington, to…