United States v. William J. Tocki

967 F.2d 595 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. William J. TOCKI, Defendant-Appellant. No. 91-30012. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 4, 1992. Decided June 8, 1992. Before EUGENE A. WRIGHT, CANBY and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 William Tocki appeals his conviction for being a felon in possession of ammunition. Upon his arrest the police conducted two searches; a legal one of his person, and an unlawful search of his car. The officers commingled the evidence found during the two searches. The court suppressed the evidence found in the unlawful search of Tocki's car. He claims that all this evidence should have been suppressed because, as a result of the commingling, the illegal search tainted the lawfully-obtained evidence. We affirm. 3 * Subsequent to Tocki's arrest, an officer conducted a search of his person and found eleven .44 caliber cartridges in his…