United States v. Milorad Korac

968 F.2d 1222 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Milorad KORAC, Defendant-Appellant. No. 91-50359. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted July 7, 1992. * Decided July 14, 1992. Before FARRIS, WIGGINS and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Milorad Korac appeals the district court's denial of his motion to suppress evidence. The court held that Dutton's frisk of Korac was permissible under Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 (1968). We affirm. 3 In United States v. Homburg, 546 F.2d 1350, 1353 (9th Cir.1976), cert. denied, 431 U.S. 940 (1977), we recognized that Terry is applicable to airport searches. We balanced the governmental interest that justified the search of Homburg's suitcase against the invasion that the search entailed and concluded that the search was reasonable in light of the threat that Homburg presented. See id. at 1353. In United States v. Thomas, 863 F.2d 622, 628 (9th…