Officer stopping a vehicle that evaded checkpoint was reasonable

Facts In 2018, MHP along with Belmont P.D. and Tishomingo S.O. set up a safety checkpoint in Belmont, Mississippi. At one point, a vehicle driven by Brian Turner approached the checkpoint and then stopped and turned around without using a turn signal. Additionally, there was no tag light on the vehicle and the tag was […]

Boyfriend did not have consent to enter apartment

Facts In 2018, Madison P.D. was dispatched to Canton Garden Apartments for a disturbance involving a shotgun. A man stuck his head out of the apartment window and then backed away. Police then got Tyrone Body and Kenosha Brown out of the apartment at gunpoint. Brown had injuries from a physical altercation. On securing the […]

A good discussion on the Edwards rule when interrogating subjects

First, what is the Edwards rule? Say you arrest a person, Mirandize him, and he says he wants a lawyer. You put him in jail and every two hours you keep going back to him and Mirandizing him again to see if he changed his mind. You bring in different police departments to do this […]