United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Rolando Soriano, Defendant-Appellant/cross-Appellee. United States of America v. Juan Manuel Bringas-Beltran

32 F.3d 573 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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/Cross-Appellant, v. Rolando SORIANO, Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Juan Manuel BRINGAS-BELTRAN, Defendant-Appellant. Nos. 93-10525, 93-10550 and 93-10526. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted July 13, 1994. Decided July 27, 1994. Before: CHOY, LEAVY and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 I. Soriano's appeal. 3 Soriano appeals his conviction arguing that he was entrapped as a matter of law by Ming, a government informant. Although Ming's persistence certainly raised a serious jury question, we cannot conclude that Soriano was entrapped as a matter of law, under the test in United States v. Davis, 15 F.3d 902, 907-08 (9th Cir.1994). 4 If the jury believed Soriano's testimony, and drew no adverse inferences against him from the facts and testimony of other witnesses, then absence…