United States v. Harold J. Buyea

66 F.3d 336 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Harold J. BUYEA, Defendant-Appellant No. 95-30089. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Sept. 5, 1995. * Decided Sept. 14, 1995. Before: GOODWIN, WIGGINS, and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Harold Joseph Buyea appeals his conviction by conditional guilty plea to possession of an unregistered firearm in violation of 26 U.S.C. Sec. 5861 (d). Buyea contends the district court erred when it denied his motion to suppress the firearm seized from his pickup truck because the state trooper who stopped him lacked reasonable suspicion to believe that Buyea had violated state law. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291 . After accepting the district court's factual findings unless clearly erroneous and reviewing its conclusions of law de novo, United States v. Maria, 15 F.3d 879, 881 (9th Cir.1994), we affirm. 3 "[E]xcept in…