United States v. Victor Manuel Mendoza, Aka: Javier Reyes Mendoza

61 F.3d 913 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Victor Manuel MENDOZA, aka: Javier Reyes Mendoza, Defendant-Appellant. No. 94-50202. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted July 14, 1995. * Decided July 18, 1995. Before: LAY, ** BRUNETTI, and RYMER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM *** 2 Victor Manuel Mendoza appeals his jury conviction for attempted armed robbery of an automobile and use of a firearm during a crime of violence, in violation of 18 U.S.C. Secs. 2119 and 924(c). We affirm. I. Illegal Stop/Arrest 3 Mendoza contends that the investigatory stop was unsupported by reasonable suspicion, and that the officers' use of force transformed the Terry stop into an illegal arrest unsupported by probable cause. Considering the totality of the circumstances, Officers Landers and Doyle were aware of specific, articulable facts which, together with objective and reasonable inferences, formed a…