United States v. Williams

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellee, No. 04-10213 v.  D.C. No.

CR-03-40081-SBA

JAMAL WILLIAMS, aka Jamal Abdullah, OPINION Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Saundra B. Armstrong, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted June 14, 2005—San Francisco, California

Filed August 16, 2005

Before: Richard C. Tallman, Jay S. Bybee, and Carlos T. Bea, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Tallman

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COUNSEL

Jerome E. Matthews, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Oak- land, California, for the defendant-appellant.

Erika R. Frick, Assistant United States Attorney, San Fran- cisco, California, for the plaintiff-appellee. 10766 UNITED STATES v. WILLIAMS

OPINION

TALLMAN, Circuit Judge:

Jamal Williams appeals the district court’s order denying his motion to suppress as evidence a gun recovered when the car in which he was a passenger was stopped for a traffic infraction, and Williams, after being ordered to get…