Opinion ID: 812319
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Detention Hearings

Text: Probation officer Valenzuela petitioned the district court to revoke CruzSosa’s supervised release, and a magistrate judge held two detention hearings about whether to detain Cruz-Sosa pending his revocation hearing. At the initial detention hearing, Rosillo produced her permit to carry the firearm. Rosillo testified that officers discovered the firearm inside the trunk of her car and the officers said that they were going to use the firearm against CruzSosa. On cross-examination, Rosillo acknowledged that Cruz-Sosa was a felon and was not allowed to possess firearms. Rosillo admitted that she had shared the closet with Cruz-Sosa, but denied that the officers found the firearm in the closet. 3 Case: 11-15436 Date Filed: 11/21/2012 Page: 4 of 17 At the second detention hearing, state probation officer Bullins testified about receiving the tip from Valenzuela, entering the house to find Cruz-Sosa lying on a bed adjacent to a closet, and finding the firearm in the closet on the same day as the tip. The defense introduced the testimony of Rosillo’s son, Manuel Lopez, who was present in the house during the search. Lopez testified, inter alia, that Rosillo usually stored the firearm at her sister’s house; the firearm was in his car2 on the evening of the search; he heard the officers say that they found the gun in the car and would use it against Cruz-Sosa; and the officers failed to find any evidence in Rosillo’s bedroom, given that Lopez did not see them carry anything out of the house. At the conclusion of the evidence, the magistrate judge ordered Cruz-Sosa detained without bond.