Opinion ID: 168758
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Heading: M r. Gates’s Post-A rrest Statements

Text: Agent M ontellano testified that, in a post-M iranda interview, M r. Gates told him that he knew the marijuana was in the vehicle, but claimed that it did not belong to him. According to Agent M ontellano, M r. Gates also admitted that he let M r. Y anez load it into his car. DEA Special Agent Kinsey testified that she responded to the call at the checkpoint and interviewed M r. Gates and M r. Yanez. According to her testimony, M r. Gates told Agent Kinsey that M r. Yanez asked him if he would help drive the vehicle from Oklahoma to Tucson to pick up the marijuana in exchange for $1,500. M r. Gates admitted that the revolver found in the vehicle -3- belonged to him. M r. Gates also told Agent Kinsey that his wife had left three weeks before and that they had financial problems. During direct examination, Agent Kinsey was asked if she had submitted the marijuana bundles for fingerprint analysis. Id. at 46. Agent Kinsey said that she had not done so. When asked w hy not, Agent Kinsey responded: in“Because I had tw o conversations. I knew who the dope— the marijuana belonged to. I didn’t need to fingerprint it.” Id. The prosecution then asked “did M r. Gates or M r. Yanez claim to loading the marijuana?” Agent Kinsey responded, “No. They did not.” Id.