United States v. James Walter Girard

967 F.2d 593 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. James Walter GIRARD, Defendant-Appellant. No. 90-10498. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted June 11, 1992. * Decided June 17, 1992. Before JAMES R. BROWNING, ALDISERT ** and PREGERSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM *** 2 Girard claims the district court should have suppressed his statements to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents as involuntary. He claims he was coerced into making incriminating statements by the agents' assurances that Girard's friend was the object of their investigation, and by their promises that Girard would not be arrested. 3 The agents asked Girard if they could come into his house and ask him some questions. He readily agreed. They informed him that he was not under arrest, they did not plan to arrest him, and the purpose of their visit was to get information on his roommate's possession of a firearm. The…