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 […]
summary judgement granted to Officer who put knee on subject’s back for less than eight seconds
Facts Officer Daniel Rivas-Villegas, Union City, California Police Department., was responding to a 911 call wherein a crying 12 year old girl said that she, her mother, and her 15 year old sister had shut themselves into a room in their house because Ramon Cortesluna, boyfriend of the mother, was trying to hurt them and […]
In close case, reasonable suspicion for detainment on possible shoplifting upheld
Facts In 2016, Detective Tara Crum with Southaven P.D. was dispatched to the SuperLo Foods Store in response to a shoplifting call. A security guard had a female detained and said there was possibly a second individual in the area. The security guard helped officers locate the vehicle that possibly belonged to the shoplifters. Officer […]
Subject gives drugs to friend when police arrive
Facts In 2019, Agent Clay McCombs of the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics assisted the Carthage Police Department in an investigation. Christopher Jones was a person of interest in the investigation, and McCombs had known Jones for many years. McCombs learned that there was an active warrant for Jones’s arrest, and he saw Jones and two […]