Opinion ID: 203966
Heading Depth: 5
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: The bag

Text: Lastly, Padilla argues that the sentencing court committed clear error by determining that the bag seized from his car during the February 3, 2006 search was the same bag Agent Figueroa observed Padilla using to carry a rifle on January 24, 2006. It is true that the bag described in Agent Figueroa's affidavit was blue and grey, while the bag discovered in the search of Padilla's automobile is described as being simply blue. However, the colors and features of the bags are not so dissimilar that it amounts to clear error to conclude that they were the same. The court might have discounted Agent Figueroa's testimony that the bag observed on January 24 was blue and grey, and not entirely blue, on the basis of his line of sight -- a matter thoroughly discussed during the Franks hearing. Agent Figueroa himself -21- testified that the bags were similar, although he was unsure whether they were the same. In light of the descriptions of the bags, the court's determination that they were the same was not clear error.