United States v. Adrian Ruiz

TINDER, Circuit Judge.

Law enforcement officers approached Adrian Ruiz’s car after they witnessed Ruiz engage in what they deemed to be. suspicious behavior, including actions consistent with operating a “trap” — a concealed, non-factory compartment in a vehicle often used to hide drugs. Ruiz consented to the search of his car and then followed the officers to a nearby police station where he showed the officers two traps in his car loaded with heroin. Ruiz eventually pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute more than 100 grams of heroin, see 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), reserving the…