P. v. Ortega CA2/4
We recite the factual background from Ortega I. The principal witness in the case was a drug seller who used the name Juan Perez. His actual name is Ivan Sanchez, and we use that name in this summary even though the briefing refers to him as Perez.
In August 2001, Sanchez’s drug supplies were running low and he needed to replenish. He contacted another drug seller, Santo Pleitez, who agreed to try to find a drug supplier. Pleitez came up with a third person, later identified as Samuel Nolasco, who agreed to take Sanchez and Pleitez to a supplier at a particular location. On August 27, 2001, Sanchez drove his Toyota Corolla, with Pleitez as a passenger, to a location where they picked up Nolasco, who directed them to another location where they would meet the drug supplier. Sanchez was carrying $4,500 in cash to pay for the drugs he planned to buy.
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