U.S. v. SALAZAR

No. 92-50506.

5 F.3d 445 (1993)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John SALAZAR, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 23, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank T. Vecchione, Asst. Federal Public Defender, San Diego, CA, for defendant-appellant.

Patrick K. O'Toole, Asst. U.S. Atty., San Diego, CA, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before: REAVLEY, PREGERSON, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.


REAVLEY, Senior Circuit Judge:

This is another sentencing appeal. John Salazar, while an inspector at a port of entry from Mexico, allowed vans containing 1,615 kilograms of cocaine to pass through his inspection lane. He argues that his sentence should not have been computed on the cocaine volume for the reason that he agreed to favor importation of marijuana, but not cocaine. We reject his argument and affirm.

Salazar pleaded guilty to conspiring to import...

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