Monico testified
that once officers revealed the actual reason they were contact-
ing Zuniga, his “level of nervousness was visibly apparent and
rose.” Officer Monico stated, “I remember specifically he put
a hand up on his car and leaned over on it and hung his head
and began staring at the ground.” Zuniga then told the officers
about a prior situation in which he had been arrested on drug
charges. Specifically, Zuniga felt he had been “wronged” on
this previous occasion when he had let law enforcement into
his home and they began searching everywhere. Zuniga told
Officers Hallowell, Gratz, and Monico that he wanted to be
honest with them, but he was afraid he would go to prison.
Officer Monico testified that Zuniga indicated that he did have
drugs in his apartment, but he was “hesitant to say exactly
how much.”
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the officers immediately told him of the real reason they
were there. They informed Zuniga that they had information
he was using and selling drugs out of his apartment and that
they wanted him to turn the drugs over to them. After the offi-
cers revealed their deception to Zuniga, he did not tell them
to leave nor did he ever indicate he did not want to talk to
them. In fact, he told the officers that he wanted to be honest
with them about the drugs. And, after approximately 30 to 45
minutes of conversation with the officers outside of Zuniga’s
apartment building, he agreed to allow the officers inside of
his apartment. Ultimately, the evidence presented at the sup-
pression hearing reveals that the initial deception used by the
officers