Quintero-Quiroz

United States v. Quintero-Quiroz

Good Law
145 F. App'x 216
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitAugust 17, 2005Nos. 04-10503, 04-10610California597 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Appellants Gerardo Quintero-Quiroz and Carlos Jimenez-Contreras 1 appeal the district court’s denial of their motions to suppress. 2 After the district court denied their motions to suppress, Quintero-Quiroz and Jimenez-Contreras entered conditional guilty pleas to one count of possession with intent to distribute 100 to 1000 kilograms of marijuana, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841 (a)(1) and 841(b)(l)(B)(vii), and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute the same, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841 (a)(1) and 841(b)(l)(A)(n). We affirm.

After reviewing the totality of the circumstances, we conclude that the agents had reasonable suspicion to conduct a limited investigative stop of the two vehicles at issue in this appeal. See United States v. Arvizu, 534 U.S. 266, 273 , 122 S.Ct. 744 , 151 L.Ed.2d 740 (2002); Illinois v. Wardlow, 528 U.S. 119, 123 , 120 S.Ct. 673 , 145 L.Ed.2d 570 (2000).

*218 Because Agent Kelley knew the identity of the informants and spoke with them personally, none of the concerns raised by an anonymous informant are present in this case. See United States v. Fernandez-Castillo, 324 F.3d 1114, 1118 (9th Cir. 2003) (“[B]ecause a known…

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