U.S. v. TORRES

No. 13-50553.

794 F.3d 1053 (2015)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alfonso TORRES, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 22, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Devin Burstein (argued), Warren & Burstein, San Diego, CA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Kyle W. Hoffman (argued), Assistant United States Attorney; Laura E. Duffy , United States Attorney; Bruce R. Castetter , Assistant United States Attorney, Chief Appellate Section, Criminal Division, San Diego, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before: MICHAEL R. MURPHY, RONALD M. GOULD, and RICHARD C. TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Alfonso Torres appeals his conviction for knowingly transporting seventy-three kilograms of cocaine across the United States-Mexico border concealed in a specially constructed compartment of his pickup truck. See 21 U.S.C. §§ 952, 960. At his first trial, which ended in a hung jury, the...

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