summary judgement granted to officer who killed Subject raising a hammer to him
Facts In 2016 Joy called 911 and stated that her ex-husband, Dominic Rollice, was inside of her garage and refused to leave. She went on to tell them that he was intoxicated and did not live there but did keep some tools at her place. Three officers, all familiar with Rollice, responded and spoke to […]
Consent to search a person does not require additional consent for every object found – also a good discussion on plain feel
Facts In 2017, Sybil Brooks hired Jason Sebren to make repairs to a mobile home, allowing him to live in the mobile home in exchange. Unbeknownst to Brooks, Sebren invited Michael Buford and his wife to stay at the mobile home as well. Brooks and Sebren then had an argument and Sebren moved out. Brooks […]
Promises of lowering bond or threat of never seeing children again are improper tactics when questioning a subject
Facts A home under renovation in Clarke County was burglarized and approximately fifty items related to the renovation was stolen. Two days later, police got in a car chase near this renovated house. The occupants of the car crashed and fled on foot but inside of the vehicle were items taken from the burglary. Other […]
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 […]