97 F. App'x 797

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Cruz INIGUEZ, aka Cruz Iniguez Garcia, Manuel Martinez, and Cruz Garcia Iniguez, Defendant-Appellant. United States Of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Cruz Iniguez, aka Cruz Iniguez Garcia, Manuel Martinez, and Cruz Garcia Iniguez, Defendant-Appellee.

Nos. 01-50553, 01-50629.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

*798Submitted March 23, 2004.*

Decided May 26, 2004.

See, also, 368 F.3d 1113.

Miriam A. Krinsky, Office of the U.S. Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, Linda M. Aouate, Esq., Office of the U.S. Attorney, Santa Ana, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Gary P. Burcham, San Diego, CA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before: HALL, O’SCANNLAIN, and MCKEOWN, Circuit Judges.

MEMORANDUM **

This appeal arises out of the conviction of Cruz Iniguez for one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846, and three counts of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). Iniguez appeals his conviction on two grounds: 1) the district court abused its discretion by denying Iniguez’s motion to suppress wiretap evidence; and 2) the evidence was insufficient to support Iniguez’s conviction for two of the three counts of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.1 We affirm.

1. Suppression of wiretap evidence

The district court did not abuse its discretion by denying Iniguez’s motion to suppress the wiretap evidence.2 Contrary *799to Iniguez’s assertions, the FBI’s application was neither misleading nor inadequate. Although the application did not contain an exhaustive list of the agency’s pre-wiretap evidence, it contained no “material misstatements or omissions regarding the necessity of the wiretap.” United States v. Carneiro, 861 F.2d 1171, 1176 (9th Cir.1988). The wiretap application, which provided a careful discussion of why a wiretap was particularly necessary in this case, including detañed analyses of why normal investigative techniques could not achieve the investigation’s stated objectives, met the requirements of § 2518. See 18 U.S.C. § 2518(1)(c); United States v. Ippolito, 774 F.2d 1482, 1486 (9th Cir.1985).

2. Sufficiency of evidence — Count 3

The evidence was sufficient to support Iniguez’s conviction for Count 3— possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine on August 6, 1998.3 The government presented the jury with sufficient evidence to convict Iniguez of Count 3 under either a constructive possession theory, United States v. Cain, 130 F.3d 381, 382 (9th Cir.1997), or a Pinkerton theory, Pinkerton v. United States, 328 U.S. 640, 645-48, 66 S.Ct. 1180, 90 L.Ed. 1489 (1946).

We reject Iniguez’s arguments that the district court explicitly limited its Pinkerton instruction to Count 1 and that a Pinkerton instruction was inappropriate because Iniguez was in custody when the substantive transactions underlying Counts 3 and 4 occurred. The district court gave no limiting instruction and, in this case, Iniguez’s arrest did not thwart his role in the conspiracy, as Iniguez remained an active coconspirator from jafi.

3. Sufficiency of evidence — Count 4

The evidence was also sufficient to support Iniguez’s conviction for Count 4— possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine on December 9, 1998. The government produced evidence sufficient to establish that the possession underlying Count 4 was a reasonably foreseeable offense committed in furtherance of a conspiracy of which Iniguez remained a part. See Pinkerton, 328 U.S. at 645-48, 66 S.Ct. 1180.

The judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.

United States v. Iniguez
97 F. App'x 797

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