96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 6094, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 9962 United States of America v. Miguel Polanco

93 F.3d 555 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 6094 , 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 9962 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Miguel POLANCO, Defendant-Appellant. No. 95-50341. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 10, 1996. Decided Aug. 15, 1996. H. Dean Steward, Deputy Federal Public Defender, Santa Ana, California, for defendant-appellant. S. Robert Raskin, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, Santa Ana, California, for plaintiff-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Gary L. Taylor, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CR-95-00023-GLT-1. Before: GOODWIN and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges, and MARQUEZ, * District Judge. MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, Circuit Judge: 1 Miguel Polanco appeals his conviction, following a jury trial, on two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922 (g)(1). He raises four issues on appeal. He first challenges the district court's reliance on the doctrine of inevitable discovery as a basis for admitting the Mirandized, inculpatory statement he made following his earlier, non-Mirandized inculpatory statement. His next…