United States v. Armando Quiroz-Gutierrez

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NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Armando QUIROZ-GUTIERREZ, Defendant-Appellant. No. 94-10013. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 13, 1995. Decided May 8, 1995. Before: WALLACE, Chief Judge, HUG, and FARRIS, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 The defendant appeals his conviction of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine in violation of 18 U.S.C. Sec. 2 and 21 U.S.C. Sec. 841 (a)(1). The defendant bases his appeal on three grounds: 1) the district court abused its discretion by refusing to grant the defendant an evidentiary hearing on his motion to suppress evidence seized without a warrant; 2) the district court erred in refusing to suppress evidence of drugs seized from the defendant's car and two incriminating slips of paper seized from his person because the police lacked founded suspicion to stop defendant's car; and 3) the district court abused…