United States v. Salvador Munoz-Triana, Refugio Barajas-Mejia, Jesus Martinez-Gutierrez, and Simon Castorena-Sotelo
Opinion
Opinion
59 F.3d 177 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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 MUNOZ-TRIANA, Refugio Barajas-Mejia, Jesus Martinez-Gutierrez, and Simon Castorena-Sotelo, Defendants-Appellants. Nos. 94-50093, 94-50097, 94-50113, 94-50533. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 7, 1995. Decided June 12, 1995. Before: PREGERSON, POOLE, and D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Salvador Munoz-Triana, Refugio Barajas-Mejia, Jesus Martinez-Gutierrez, and Simon Castorena-Sotelo appeal their jury convictions for conspiracy to distribute heroin ( 21 U.S.C. Secs. 846 , 841(a)(1)) and possession with intent to distribute heroin ( 21 U.S.C. Sec. 841 (a)(1). Munoz-Triana and Martinez-Gutierrez also were convicted of carrying a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime ( 18 U.S.C. Sec. 924 (c)). Castorena-Sotelo also appeals his career offender sentence ( 21 U.S.C. Sec. 851 ). 3 We affirm the…