United States v. Rosendo Santillan-Urias

73 F.3d 371 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Rosendo SANTILLAN-URIAS, Defendants-Appellant. No. 95-50021. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Dec. 14, 1995. * Decided Dec. 22, 1995. Before: ALDISERT ** , ALARCON and RYMER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM *** 2 In this action Rosendo Santillan-Urias appeals his conviction and sentence for possession with intent to distribute cocaine. We affirm the sentence and conviction imposed by the district court. I. 3 On June 14, 1994, a Los Angeles Police Department detective arrested Appellant after finding, pursuant to a legal search, ten kilograms of powder cocaine in his luggage. After the detective discovered the cocaine, another detective interviewed Appellant in Spanish. Appellant told the detective the following: 4 He had met a man named Jose in a bar in Phoenix. Jose told him he was from Guadalajara, Mexico, an area defendant [appellant] knew to…