United States v. Edward Lewis Taylor

993 F.2d 886 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Edward Lewis TAYLOR, Defendant-Appellant. No. 92-30099. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted May 7, 1993. * Decided May 13, 1993. 1 Before: PREGERSON and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges, and INGRAM, District Judge. ** 2 MEMORANDUM *** OVERVIEW 3 On April 24, 1991, Edward Lewis Taylor was riding as a passenger in a car driven by his co-defendant, Larry Burns. Portland Police Bureau Officers Svilar and Kruger stopped Taylor and Burns after observing that the car had no license plates, front or back, and after observing Taylor throw a small white object out the car window. Burns was arrested when the officers discovered that he did not possess a driver's license. Taylor was arrested after Officer Svilar found baggies of "crack" cocaine and marijuana at the location where Taylor had thrown out the small white object. 4 On August 13, 1991, the grand jury…