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United States Ninth Circuit


US v. VARGAS-CASTILLO, 02-50161

An indictment charging defendant with separate counts for different controlled substances was not multiplicitous and no double jeopardy violation occurred. A border search of defendant's vehicle was routine.

Appellate Information

  • Argued 02/12/2003
  • Decided 05/15/2003
  • Published 05/15/2003

Judges

  • Before B. FLETCHER and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges, and BURY, District Judge.

Court

  • United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

  • For Appellees:
  • Ross E. Viselman, San Diego, California, for the defendant-appellant., Patrick K. O'Toole, United States Attorney (when brief was filed), Carol C. Lam, United States Attorney (when opinion was filed), Dorn G. Bishop, Assistant United States Attorney, San Diego, California, for the plaintiff-appellee.
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