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U.S. v. GOMEZ

Nos. 87-5219, 87-5220.

846 F.2d 557 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Wilbert GOMEZ and Nelson Zahriya, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided May 11, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan Baum, A. Michael Clein, Joshua C. Needle, Santa Monica, Cal., for defendants-appellants.

Thomas K. Buck, Asst. U.S. Atty., Criminal Div., Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before HUG, KOZINSKI and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.

KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge:

We consider whether the district court properly found that appellants voluntarily consented to a police search of their luggage.

Facts

On April 14, 1987, Los Angeles Police Department Detectives Martin, May and Farrant detained and questioned Rinaldo Ortiz and appellant Wilbert Gomez on the sidewalk in front of the Eastern Airlines Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport. Gomez and Ortiz had just arrived from...

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