United States v. Brian David Hill

101 F.3d 706 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Brian David HILL, Defendant-Appellant. No. 96-30019. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Nov. 4, 1996. * Decided Nov. 13, 1996. Before: CANBY, RYMER, and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 On Brian Hill's first appeal following his conviction on a conditional guilty plea to various weapons offenses from the district court's denial of his motion to suppress evidence seized at his home, we determined in a published opinion, United States v. Hill, 55 F.3d 479 (9th Cir.1995), that there was probable cause to support the warrant authorizing the search of his residence but remanded for the district court to make a finding on whether the agents would have sought a warrant if they had not earlier entered Hill's house. On remand, the district court found that even if the officers had not found the sawed-off shotgun during the protective sweep…