United States v. Francisco Zuniga

OPINION

KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge.

A grand jury charged Defendant Francisco Valtierra Zuniga and fifteen co-conspirators with conspiracy to possess and distribute in excess of five kilograms of cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. Zuniga was tied to the conspiracy through evidence seized during a traffic stop in which a large amount of cash that Zuniga was in the process of delivering to a drug supplier in Texas was found hidden in the truck he was driving. Zuniga unsuccessfully moved to suppress that evidence before the district court. Zuniga appeals the denial of that motion here,…