Officer had reasonable suspicion for stop and drugs properly seized on inventory search
Facts In 2016, Gulfport P.D. Officer Nicholas Kehoe observed Jeremy Fogleman, the driver of an orange Camaro, rev the engine and spin the wheels while leaving a stop sign. Kehoe followed the vehicle as it was speeding away and as Kehoe got closer he noticed the Camaro also did not have a license plate displayed. […]
Subject found in constructive possession of package delivered to girlfriend’s home
Facts While profiling incoming packages, a federal agent flagged a brown box that was en route to Canton, Mississippi, from California. He noticed the recipient’s name, “E. Morris,” was not associated with the package’s receiving address. Likewise, the sender’s name was apparently fictitious. Because the agent suspected packages coming from a particular zip code in […]
Officers made questionable statements but confession was not suppressed
Facts In 2017, Kadarius Hamer was arrested with three other people for two counts of murder and interviewed by Tippah County Investigator Jeremy Rainer and FBI Agent Lawson (the victim was facing federal charges for purchasing narcotics from Hamer’s father). Agent Lawson drew a linear scale on a piece of paper with potential outcomes for […]
A case concerning Gun Shot Residue
Facts In 2016, Michael Mosley was a felon and an admitted drug user. Two girlfriends stated that he frequently was seen with a gun. Two days before his mother was killed, girlfriend A saw him with a gun when they went to a casino in Vicksburg. The next day, girlfriend B saw him with a […]
Taking confession using secret video after subject asks for lawyer
Facts In 2005, an eight week old infant became unresponsive and died while under Amy Wilkerson‘s care as the baby sitter. The doctors believed she died from shaken baby syndrome. The next day, she went to the police station, was Mirandized, and gave a statement. Wilkerson denied shaking the baby, gave other possible reasons why […]
Court finds man in constructive possession of gun found 50 feet from where he was arrested
Facts In 2015, Officer Corey Henderson of University of Southern Mississippi P.D. was on patrol when he observed a vehicle he had dealt with on several prior occasions. When he was approximately 15 feet from the car, he could smell the very strong odor of burnt marijuana in the air. He stopped the car which […]