United States v. Daniel Ames

50 F.3d 16 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Daniel AMES, Defendant-Appellant. No. 94-30114. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 9, 1995. Decided March 15, 1995. Before: WRIGHT, HALL, and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * FACTS 2 State narcotics agents received a tip that Daniel Ames wanted to find a local source of cocaine in the Idaho Falls, Idaho area. They set up a sting operation in which INS Agent Al Martinez posed as a drug dealer, and agreed to sell Ames an ounce of cocaine. Martinez and Ames met in a parking lot, where they got into Martinez's car and completed the drug sale. The transaction was captured on videotape and audiotape, and Ames was arrested as soon as he got out of the car. The arresting officers retrieved a loaded 9 mm. handgun from between the front seats of Ames' car. Paraphernalia associated with drug trafficking was also found in his car. 3…