United States v. Juan Pedroza and Hilario Pedroza

DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

In March 1999, federal agents found two kilograms of cocaine in Juan Pedroza’s car, $61,000 in cash and various drug paraphernalia in his house, and $10,000 in cash and ledgers recording drug transactions in the home of his brother Hilario Pedroza. After the district court denied the brothers’ motions to suppress this evidence, they entered conditional guilty pleas to conspiracy to possess cocaine with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. In this appeal, the Pedrozas challenge the district court’s denial of their suppression motions as well as the…