United States v. Elias Lira-Espinosa

67 F.3d 309 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Elias LIRA-ESPINOSA, Defendant-Appellant. No. 94-30388. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Sept. 12, 1995. * Decided Sept. 19, 1995. Before: WRIGHT, ALARCON and CANBY, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Lira-Espinosa entered a conditional guilty plea to being illegally in the United States in violation of 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1326 . He appeals his conviction and sentence. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291 and 18 U.S.C. Sec. 3742 . We affirm. 1. Suppression of Identity 3 Lira-Espinosa contends that the court should have suppressed his identity because it was the fruit of an illegal arrest and was obtained by interrogation before he was given Miranda warnings. We rejected an identical argument in United States v. Guzman-Bruno, 27 F.3d 420, 422 (9th Cir.1994). 4 Lira-Espinosa would distinguish Guzman-Bruno because, unlike the defendant…