United States v. Quantrese Brazzell

Summary

The court affirmed Brazzell’s convictions, holding that the pills and rifle were admissible under the inevitable-discovery doctrine because officers would have found them during a lawful inventory search conducted before towing his vehicle. The court declined to decide whether the initial warrantless search independently satisfied the automobile exception. It also held that any error in admitting jail-call recordings was harmless because other evidence overwhelmingly established Brazzell’s knowledge of the rifle.