United States Ninth Circuit

Defendant's firearm possession conviction and sentence are affirmed where 1) arresting officers had probable cause to believe that defendant had obtained his vehicle through fraud; and 2) the record contained sufficient evidence to support the district court's finding that defendant had intended to use the incendiary devices at issue for terrorism.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/23/2008
• Decided 07/15/2009
• Published 07/15/2009

Judges

• Before: CONSUELO M. CALLAHAN and SANDRA S. IKUTA, Circuit Judges, and MILTON I. SHADUR, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Sean K. Kennedy, Federal Public Defender, and Davina T. Chen, Assistant Federal Public Defender, for the defendant-appellant., Thomas P. O'Brien, United States Attorney for the Central District of California, and Craig H. Missakian, Assistant United States Attorney, for the plaintiff-appellee.