P. v. Bonilla
This is an appeal after defendant Edward Joe Bonilla entered a guilty plea in two consolidated cases (Riverside County Superior Court case Nos. RIF119920 & RIF120892). On September 23, 2004, defendants apartment was under surveillance based on suspicions he was selling drugs. It was reported to officers that he kept the drugs in a magnetic metal box hidden underneath his truck. On that day, Riverside County sheriffs deputies followed defendant to a known drug-trafficking area where he met up with an unknown person. After witnessing what the sheriffs deputies believed to be a hand-to-hand narcotics transaction, they approached defendants truck. After receiving defendants consent, the truck was searched, and the metal box containing drugs was found under the truck. The officers also received consent to search defendants apartment, where they found additional drugs. On December 15, 2004, defendant was staying in a house rented by his sister in Riverside when Riverside police officers went to the house to execute a parole search on another occupant who they believed lived in the house. During the search, defendant was found in possession of keys that opened a locked garage containing weapons and drugs.
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