United States v. Jeffrey Lynn Jones

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33 F.3d 60·1994 WL 444606·1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 37087
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitAugust 18, 199493-50810California394 words

Opinion

Opinion

33 F.3d 60 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Jeffrey Lynn JONES, Defendant-Appellant. No. 93-50810. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted July 21, 1994. * Decided Aug. 18, 1994. 1 Before: CHOY, SKOPIL, FERGUSON, Circuit Judges 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 Jeffrey Lynn Jones appeals his conviction following entry of a conditional guilty plea to unarmed bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. Sec. 2113 (a). Jones contends that the district court erred by denying his motion to suppress his confession, because the confession was obtained following a warrantless arrest unsupported by probable cause. We do not agree that the arrest was unsupported by probable cause. Accordingly, we affirm. 4 "[A] warrantless arrest [is] legal only if, at the moment of arrest, facts and circumstances within the arresting officers' knowledge and of which they had reasonably trustworthy information were sufficient to warrant a…

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