U.S. v. LINGENFELTER
997 F.2d 632 (1993)
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Ronald L. LINGENFELTER, Defendant-Appellant.
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Gary MAROLF, aka Gary Marlow, Defendant-Appellant.
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Lawrence MORGAN, Defendant-Appellant.
Nos. 92-50348, 92-50359 and 92-50362.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted April 6, 1993.
Decided June 30, 1993.
Donald M. Re, Los Angeles, CA, for defendant-appellant Lingenfelter.
Richard W. Bonner, Dana Point, CA, for defendant-appellant Marolf.
Michael D. Abzug, Los Angeles, CA, for defendant-appellant Morgan.
Jonathan S. Shapiro, Asst. U.S. Atty., Los Angeles, CA, for plaintiff-appellee.
Before: WALLACE, Chief Judge, O'SCANNLAIN and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.
WALLACE, Chief Judge:
Lingenfelter, Marolf, and Morgan appeal from their judgments of conviction following conditional guilty pleas to conspiracy to import approximately 900 kilograms of marijuana in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 963. Lingenfelter and Morgan also challenge their conditional plea convictions for conducting a financial transaction involving the proceeds of drug trafficking in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1956(a)(1). Lingenfelter alone appeals his sentence under the United States Sentencing Guidelines (Guidelines). The district court had jurisdiction pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3231. We have jurisdiction over this timely appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and 18 U.S.C. § 3742. We affirm.
IOn the morning of July 10, 1991, an anonymous telephone caller told Agent Stevens of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) that Morgan was in possession of approximately two tons of marijuana, which was stored in a warehouse located at 1835 Whittier Avenue, unit C-6, in Costa Mesa, California (warehouse). The caller indicated that Morgan owned or operated a company entitled Royal Pacific Golf Association, which leased the warehouse. The caller gave Stevens directions to Morgan's residence and stated that Morgan drove a white Ford van which would be parked in the driveway.
DEA agents followed the directions provided by the caller to 929 Arbor Avenue in Costa Mesa and located the white van. California Department of Motor Vehicles records revealed that the van was registered to Morgan. At approximately 12:30 p.m., two men drove the van from Morgan's residence to the warehouse. After spending a few minutes inside the warehouse, the men reentered
the van and returned to Morgan's residence. Several minutes later, they returned to the warehouse and again spent a few minutes inside. They then left and drove to another residence in Costa Mesa, after which they returned to Morgan's residence. During their surveillance, DEA agents observed that the warehouse was one of 30 to 35 units in a light industrial complex. Each unit had an office entrance in the front and a roll-up door in the back. A public alleyway ran along the rear of the units, where the roll-up doors were located. Unlike the other units in the complex, the warehouse was locked and the shades were drawn. The front bore the name Royal Pacific Golf Association.
At approximately 7:30 p.m., Officer Fleet of the Santa Ana Police Department and Carlos, his narcotics-sniffing canine, arrived at the warehouse. Fleet led Carlos along the public alleyway, as Carlos sniffed the roll-up doors of the unit next to the warehouse and then the warehouse. Carlos alerted to the warehouse.