United States v. Annette Gonzalez-Acosta

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• holding that further documentary evidence of a dog’s reliability was not necessary because the dog was properly certified and defense counsel had the opportunity to extensively cross-examine the dog’s handler
• declining to remand where the district court concluded an officer had reasonable suspicion but made no specific findings identifying the contributing factors, where a “reasonable view of the evidence” supports the court’s holding (internal quotation marks omitted)
• even under defendant’s theory that marijuana actually weighed less than stipulated weight, no sentencing error occurred; defendant’s sentence was within guideline range for lower offense level
• Border Patrol agents utilized mirror and flashlight to inspect underbody of vehicle, discovering that gas tank had been altered to conceal narcotics
• Defendant waived right to challenge amount of marijuana for sentencing purposes where she had stipulated to its weight for trial purposes
• although dog had been seriously injured several months prior to search, defendant was not entitled to records related to dog’s ability to smell to form probable cause because dog was certified at time of search and properly alerted to presence of marijuana

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