United States v. Salvador Gallardo Velasco, Aka: Salvador Gallardo Valasco Aka: Salvador Gallardo-Velasco

38 F.3d 1219 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Salvador Gallardo VELASCO, aka: Salvador Gallardo Valasco; aka: Salvador Gallardo-Velasco, Defendant-Appellant. No. 89-50514. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Oct. 17, 1994. * Decided Oct. 21, 1994. Before: BROWNING, FARRIS, and LEAVY, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Salvador Gallardo Velasco appeals his conviction, which followed a jury trial, for possessing counterfeit government obligations in violation of 18 U.S.C. Sec. 472 . Velasco claims, first, that the evidence was insufficient to show his intent to defraud and, second, that the district court abused its discretion by allowing a sheriff's deputy to testify that he found a handgun in Velasco's car when he stopped him for a traffic infraction. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291 and we reverse. A. Sufficiency 3 Evidence is sufficient to support a conviction if, viewing…