United States v. Rodriguez-Rodriguez

LUCERO, Circuit Judge.

This case requires us to apply United States v. Zamudio-Carrillo, 499 F.3d 1206, 1209 (10th Cir.2007), and United States v. Valenzuela, 365 F.3d 892, 898 (10th Cir.2004), to determine whether there was sufficient evidence of tandem driving such that probable cause to arrest the driver of one vehicle established probable cause to arrest the driver of a second vehicle. The issue arose when defendant Jose Cruz Rodriguez-Rodriguez (“Rodriguez”) was observed by a Santa Clara Police Officer as he drove his red Nissan just ahead of a brown pickup truck along a lightly traveled…