U.S. v. MAGALLON-LOPEZ

No. 14-30249.

817 F.3d 671 (2016)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Hector MAGALLON-LOPEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed March 31, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Donahoe (argued) and Mark S. Werner , Assistant Federal Public Defenders, Federal Defenders of Montana, Billings, MT, for Defendant-Appellant.

Michael W. Cotter , United States Attorney, Brendan P. McCarthy (argued), Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorney's Office for the District of Montana, Billings, MT, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Opinion by Judge WATFORD; Concurrence by Judge BERZON.


OPINION

Officers investigating an interstate drug-trafficking ring learned through wiretap intercepts that a shipment of methamphetamine would be traveling by car from Washington to Minnesota. They stopped the car en route in Montana; the car belonged to appellant Hector Magallon-Lopez, who was driving. Officers...

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