United States v. Jerry Bobby Reeves

53 F.3d 341 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Jerry Bobby REEVES, Defendant-Appellant. No. 93-10567. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 17, 1995. Decided May 8, 1995. Before: FLETCHER, REINHARDT, and NOONAN, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Jerry Bobby Reeves contests the district court's decision to admit evidence obtained during an investigatory stop; the evidence was used to convict Reeves for possession of narcotics with intent to distribute. The investigatory stop was based upon a tip from an informant who had seen, from some twenty-five feet away, a man exit a car and carry two plastic bags filled with a substance resembling grass clippings--and therefore presumed by the informant to be marijuana--into an apartment located in a complex previously identified as a location at which drug trafficking had occurred. The police later observed Reeves, who resembled the…