United States v. Teofilo Monjardin Lopez, United States of America v. Witaliy Samoiliw

45 F.3d 437 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Teofilo Monjardin LOPEZ, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Witaliy SAMOILIW, Defendant-Appellant. Nos. 93-50688, 93-50815. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Dec. 6, 1994 as to defendant Lopez, 93-50688. * Argued and Submitted Dec. 6, 1994 as to defendant Samoiliw, 93-50815. Decided Dec. 16, 1994. Before: BROWNING, ALDISERT ** , and GOODWIN, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM *** 2 Witaliy Samoiliw and Teofilo Monjardin Lopez entered conditional guilty pleas to one count of conspiracy to distribute in excess of five kilograms of cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. Sec. 846 and one count of possession with intent to distribute 499 kilograms of cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. Sec. 841 (a)(1). Lopez and Samoiliw assign error to the denial of their motions to suppress evidence found in two vans. They argue that the…