United States v. Joshua Pyles

SUTTON, Circuit Judge.

Trooper Brad Ramsey pulled over a car after discovering that its registered owner had an outstanding arrest warrant. He and *424 other officers found marijuana, methamphetamine, a firearm, and three passengers-but not the owner. The district court denied a motion by one of the occupants, Joshua Pyles, to suppress the evidence. A jury convicted Pyles of a drug and a firearm offense, and the two other occupants of the car, Jason and Robbie Whitis, pleaded guilty-Robbie to the drug and firearm offense and Jason to the drug offense. Two of the three men appealed. Pyles…