United States v. Martinez-DeLoera

111 F. App'x 506

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: October 14, 2004
• Docket: No. 03-10606
• Status: Published

Opinion

MEMORANDUM

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Jose Martinez-DeLoera appeals the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence found after a traffic stop. We affirm.

1. Standard of Review

We review de novo a district court’s denial of a motion to suppress evidence based on a determination of reasonable suspicion. United States v. Lopez-Soto, 205 F.3d 1101, 1103 (9th Cir.2000). We review the district court’s underlying factual findings for clear error. Id.

2. Reasonable Suspicion

A traffic stop conforms with the Fourth Amendment if the officer has reasonable suspicion that the driver committed a traffic violation. Id. at 1104-05. By statute, Arizona drivers making right turns must turn “as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway.” Ariz. Rev.Stat. § 28-751(1). The district court found that the driver of the car in which Martinez-DeLoera was a passenger did not turn as close as practicable to the right-hand curb, in violation of the Arizona statute. Martinez-DeLoera fails to show how this finding is clearly erroneous. Thus, the evidence adduced at trial fully supports the district court’s conclusion that Officer Ruiz had reasonable suspicion to stop the car in which Martinez-DeLoera was a passenger.

AFFIRMED.

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