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U.S. v. ORTEGA-JIMENEZ

No. 00-4025.

232 F.3d 1325 (2000)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Juan ORTEGA-JIMENEZ; Armando Ortega-Jimenez, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

November 22, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard D. McKelvie, Assistant United States Attorney (Paul M. Warner, United States Attorney, with him on the brief), Office of the United States Attorney, Salt Lake City, Utah, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Dana M. Facemyer, Provo, Utah, for Appellee Armando Ortega-Jimenez, and Deloy M. Sallenback, Provo, Utah, for Appellee Juan Ortega-Jimenez.

Before TACHA and PORFILIO, Circuit Judges, and KANE, District Judge.

TACHA, Circuit Judge.

The United States appeals the district court's order suppressing evidence. We exercise jurisdiction pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3731 and reverse and remand.

I. Facts

The facts in this case are largely undisputed. In 1998, Detective Rich Ferguson was engaged in a narcotics investigation focused on Juan Ortega-Jimenez.1 On July 30, 1998, Detective Ferguson received a tip from a confidential informant...

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