Legal Opinion
United States v. Israel Valles-Valencia, United States of America v. Ricardo Vigil Bustamante, United States of America v. Guillermo Soto-Leal
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 26, 1987No. 84-1258, 84-1259 & 84-1285PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:
Bustamante and Valles-Valencia (Valles) appeal their conviction of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. SotoLeal appeals his conviction for conspiracy to distribute marijuana and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. We reverse Soto-Leal’s conviction for conspiracy and affirm the judgments appealed from in all other respects.
The appellants challenge a number of rulings by the district court, but the principal issue is whether the arrest of the defendants by officers investigating a report of a burglary in progress contaminated all the evidence…
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