United States Ninth Circuit

A conviction and sentence for conspiracy and possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute is affirmed where, under the circumstances of the case, the district court's rejection of a magistrate judge's recommendation to suppress evidence without conducting its own evidentiary hearing did not violate due process.

Appellate Information

• Argued 07/10/2007
• Decided 08/16/2007
• Published 08/16/2007

Judges

• RYMER, Circuit Judge:, Before:  DAVID R. THOMPSON, PAMELA ANN RYMER, and RAYMOND C. FISHER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Raul A. Miranda, Tucson, AZ, for defendant-appellant Oscar Armando Hernandez-Acuna., George Ferko, Assistant United States Attorney, Christina M. Cabanillas, Appellate Chief, and Paul K. Charlton, United States Attorney, Tucson, AZ, for appellee the United States.