United States v. Miguel Angel Quinones

46 F.3d 1148 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Miguel Angel QUINONES, Defendant-Appellant. No. 93-10751. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted: Dec. 12, 1994. Decided: Jan. 25, 1995. Before: WALLACE, Chief Circuit Judge, PREGERSON and BEEZER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Miguel Angel Quinones appeals his jury conviction for conspiring to distribute and possess cocaine with intent to distribute ( 21 U.S.C. Sec. 846 ), possession of cocaine with intent to distribute ( 18 U.S.C. Sec. 924 (c)(1)), and use of a firearm during a drug trafficking crime ( 18 U.S.C. Sec. 924 (c)(1)). We affirm. 3 This case involves three distinct challenges to Quinones' conviction. Because the facts necessary to assess each claim are distinct, we recite them separately below. I. SUFFICIENCY OF THE EVIDENCE A. Background 4 This case arises from a cocaine buy that Detective Canuto Garza, an undercover…