Legal Opinion
United States v. Frank Javier Tamez
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 30, 1991No. 89-30320PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRUNETTI, Circuit Judge:
Frank Javier Tamez appeals his conviction and sentence under 21 U.S.C. § 856(a)(2), for making available a building for the purpose of narcotics trafficking. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and affirm in part and reverse and remand in part.
I. Background
In October 1987 the DEA began an investigation of defendant Tamez after receiving information that his used car dealership, consisting of five lots in and around Yakima, Washington, was being used to distribute cocaine. On October 22 an undercover officer purchased an ounce of cocaine from Sigifredo…
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