United States v. Aldo Ray Navarro

972 F.2d 1346 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Aldo Ray NAVARRO, Defendant-Appellant. No. 91-10134. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted July 27, 1992. * Decided Aug. 3, 1992. Before EUGENE A. WRIGHT, FARRIS and BEEZER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 In a case involving a random stop of Navarro and a companion by police officers at an airport, we consider whether the district court erred in denying Navarro's motion to suppress evidence found in a search of his companion's carry-on bag. 3 Navarro asserts that the district court erred in finding that (1) the random police stop was a consensual encounter, (2) the stop did not violate his Fifth Amendment due process rights, and (3) the search of his companion's carry-on bag and closed containers within that bag was also consensual. These contentions are controlled by the law of the case and are without merit. 4 "The doctrine [of the law of…