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# FI LED SEP 09 2011 M OLLY C. DW Y ER, CLERK U . S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS2

F o llo w in g th e d e n ia l o f h is m o tio n , W a ld r o n e n te r e d ac o n d itio n a l g u iltyp le ato pos s e s s i on w i th i nt e ntt o di s tr i but e c oc a i ne , i n vi ol a t i on of 21 U . S . C . § 841( a ) ( 1) a n d ( b ) ( 1 ) ( A ) , b u t r e s e rv e d th e r ig h t to ap p e a l th e d e n ia l o f th e m o tio n to s u p p r e s s . W e a f f i rm.

“ U n d er th e au t o m o b i l e ex cep t i o n . . . p o l i ce m ay co n d u cta w arran t l ess s e a r c h of ave hi c l e i f

the r e i s pr obabl e c aus e t o be l i e ve tha tthe ve hi c l e c ont a i ns evi dence of a c ri m e. ” U ni ted Stat es v. B rooks , 61 0 F . 3d 11 86 , 11 93 (9th C i r. 2010) . “ P r obabl e c aus e t o s e a r c h i s e va l ua t e d i n l i ghtof the t ot a l i tyof

the ci rc um st ance s. ” I

d. a t1193–94 ( quot i ng U ni ted Stat es v. P i nela-H erna ndez , 262 F . 3d 974, 978 ( 9th C i r . 2001) ) ( i nt e rna l quot a t i on m a rks om i tt e d) . T he in v e s tig a tin g a g e n ts d r e w u p o n m u ltip le s o u r c e s to e s tab lis h p r o b ab le c au s e to se ar ch W al dron ’ s vehi cl e. T hey had i nform at i on fr om a r el i abl e c on fi dent i al in f o rm a n t th a t th e H u m m e rc o n ta in e d c o n tr ab a n d . Se e U n ite d S ta te s v . E llio tt , 322 F .3 d 7 1 0 , 7 1 5

– 1 6 ( 9 th C ir . 2 0 0 3 ) . T h e in f o rm a tio n w a s c o rr o b o r a te d b yb o th i nnoc e nta nd s us pi c i ous c i r c um s t a nc e s i ndi c a t i ng the pr e s e nc e of c ontr aba nd. T he agent s r an a tra i ned n ar cot i cs do g aroun d the ext er i or of the H um m erbefore se ar chi ng the vehi cl e, and the do g g ave apo si t i ve al ert

— i nd i ca t i ng thati tsm el l ed n a r c o tic s . Se e U

ni te d State s v . C e dano-A r e l lano , 33 2 F . 3d 56 8, 57 3 (9th C i r. 2 0 0 3 ) .3

B as ed on the t ot al i ty of the ci rc um st ance s— the corroborat ed confi dent i al i nform ant , the do g al ert , and W al dron ’ s s uspi ci ou s behavi or— the di stri ctcourt corr ec t l y f

ou nd thatthere w as prob abl e c ause t o b el i eve thatW al dron ’ s H um m er c o n ta in e d e v id e n c e o f

d ru g tr a f

f ic k in g . See B rooks , 6 1 0 F .3 d a t 1 1 9 3 - 9 4 . A FFI R M ED .