Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Allen Roderick MANUEL, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-05-05
Citations: 601 F. App'x 585
Docket Number: No. 14-10142
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Allen Roderick MANUEL, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: SCHROEDER and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges and RESTANI, Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 601
Pages: 585–586

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Allen Roderick MANUEL, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 14-10142.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted April 16, 2015.
Filed May 5, 2015.
Thomas C. Simon, Assistant U.S., USPX-Office of the U.S. Attorney, Phoenix, AZ, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
M. Edith Cunningham, Assistant Federal Public Defender, FPDAZ-Federal Public Defender’S Office (Tucson), Tucson, AZ, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before: SCHROEDER and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges and RESTANI, Judge.
The Honorable Jane A. Restani, Judge for the U.S. Court of International Trade, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Defendant-Appellant Allen Roderick Manuel appeals his conviction for being a felon in possession of ammunition under 18 U.S.C. § 924(a)(2). He contends the district court erred in denying his motion to suppress because the officers lacked probable cause to arrest him. In addition, Manuel argues the district court erred at trial by excluding certain out-of-court statements as hearsay. Finally, he seeks to vacate the portion of his sentence imposing a special condition on his supervised release.
The officers had probable cause to arrest Manuel. Officers found an open and cold bottle of alcohol under the front passenger seat of the truck where he was sitting, and he had easy access to the bottle. This provided a "fair probability" that Manuel was in possession of an open container of alcohol in violation of a local ordinance. See Illinois v. Gates, 462 U.S. 213, 230-33, 238, 103 S.Ct. 2317, 76 L.Ed.2d 527 (1983). The district court therefore did not err in denying the motion to suppress.
At trial, the district court rejected as hearsay the out-of-court statement of the backseat passenger, claiming ownership of the gun found in the truck. Manuel argues the statement should have been admitted for reasons other than for its truth, but any error was harmless. See Fed. R.Evid. 801(c); United States v. Moran, 493 F.3d 1002, 1013-14 (9th Cir.2007). There is little likelihood the statement could have affected the jury's determination that Manuel was in possession of the ammunition in his pocket. See Moran, 493 F.3d at 1014.
With respect to sentencing, Manuel contends the district court violated Fed. R.Crim.P. 32 when it imposed a computer search condition on his supervised release without actually deciding whether he was a gang member. The district court did not base the special condition on Manuel being a gang member, however. The district court based the condition on the fact that records from both the Arizona Department of Corrections and the Central Arizona
Detention Center indicated gang affiliations or associations. Because the district court did not base the special search condition on the basis of gang membership, there was no violation of Rule 32.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.