United States v. Williams

894 F.2d 410 Unpublished Disposition NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Cornelius WILLIAMS, Defendant-Appellant. No. 88-1120. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 14, 1989. Decided Jan. 19, 1990. Before REINHARDT, BEEZER and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Defendant Cornelius Williams challenges his conviction under 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1324 (a)(1)(B) for the transportation of illegal aliens. He contends that evidence upon which his conviction was based was obtained during an illegal stop of his vehicle by an agent of the U.S. Border Patrol, and that the district court erroneously denied his motion to suppress. 3 The Fourth Amendment applies to all seizures of the person, including the stop of defendant's vehicle here. Border Patrol "officers on roving patrol may stop vehicles only if they are aware of specific articulable facts, together with rational inferences from those…