Opinion ID: 168758
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: M r. Yanez’s Trial Testimony

Text: M r. Yanez testified that about a week before the arrest, he made arrangements with another friend to pick up a load of marijuana in Tucson. According to M r. Yanez, he had been friends with M r. Gates for three years and that he trusted M r. Gates more than any of his other friends. M r. Yanez testified that he decided to ask M r. G ates to drive him to Tucson to pick up the marijuana. At the time, M r. Yanez did not have a vehicle or a driver’s license. M r. Yanez told agents he was to be paid about $3,000, but at trial he testified he expected to be paid $1,500 to transport the load of marijuana. He planned to split the money with M r. G ates. M r. Yanez testified that M r. Gates picked up M r. Yanez in Oklahoma City on the afternoon of February 15, 2005. W hen they arrived in Tucson, M r. Gates -4- and M r. Yanez took the vehicle to a shopping center where it was picked up and loaded by a person named “Dinken.” Id. at 75-77. Neither M r. Yanez nor M r. Gates were present when the vehicle was loaded.