United States v. Alvaro Becerra, AKA Alberto Barrera, Carlos, Gabriel, Carlos Williams

942 F.2d 794 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Alvaro BECERRA, aka Alberto Barrera, Carlos, Gabriel, Carlos Williams, Defendant-Appellant. No. 89-10424. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 11, 1991. Decided Aug. 23, 1991. Before HUG, SCHROEDER and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Alvaro Becerra appeals his conviction following a jury trial of conspiring to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846 , possessing cocaine with intent to distribute, id. at § 841, and using a telephone to facilitate cocaine trafficking, id. at § 843(b). He argues that his indictment should have been dismissed for being returned after the end of the authorized grand jury term. He also argues that the district court erred in refusing to suppress evidence taken during an airport detention, in admitting evidence of prior convictions and contemporaneous other crimes, in excluding…