United States v. Kevin Joseph Bautista

RAWLINSON, Circuit Judge.

Using only a personal computer, ordinary software, and a color ink jet printer, Kevin Bautista manufactured approximately $7,000 in counterfeit currency while staying in room # 332 of the Good Nite Inn in San Diego, California. It was not Bautista’s counterfeiting operation that led the police to his motel room, however. It was the credit card used to reserve the room. Upon being informed that the card was stolen, the motel’s manager called the San Diego Police, who searched Bautista’s room with the ostensible consent of Bautis-ta’s wife. The search led to the…