Requesting that subject take a gun shot residue test after he requested counsel was not a violation of miranda
Facts On August 12, 2017, Jason Youngblood was driving in his car with Frederick Shannon. As they drove past Oliver Brown’s house on Beasley Road in Hazlehurst, Youngblood saw a garbage bin that he thought belonged to him. Youngblood turned his car around and parked on the road in front of Brown’s house. Youngblood walked […]
Officer had Probable Cause for traffic stop, Reasonable Suspicion for pat down and did not exceed Terry scope in pat down
Facts In 2012, Deputy John Putnam was working interdiction on I-59 in Jones County. While stationary, he spotted a vehicle traveling faster than the others and got behind the vehicle to pace it. He determined through pacing that the vehicle, which contained three people, was speeding and pulled it over. The driver appeared nervous and […]
Officer responding to vehicle stalled in road and finding weapon was reasonable
Facts In 2018, Officer Todre Clopton of Biloxi P.D. observed David Govero in the driver’s seat of a vehicle that was stopped in the middle of the road. The vehicle was blocking both lanes. As Clopton approached, Govero exited the vehicle with an air compressor and said his tire was low but Clopton did not […]
Plain view seizure of drugs from car reasonable
Facts In 2017, officers from Philadelphia P.D. were dispatched to a call near Loper Street. Officer Daniel Winstead saw a black vehicle he recognized from around town and ran the license plate. He learned one of the registered owners, Travis Boler, had outstanding warrants from the city. As officers approached the vehicle, Boler drove into […]
Officer traffic stop of stolen car and consent search was proper
Facts In 2016, Sergeant Brad Conner with Brandon P.D. received a BOLO for a stolen truck traveling westbound on I-20. Conner observed the truck, which matched the BOLO to include the license plate, speeding and stopped the vehicle. Conner got Roosevelt Harris and his son out of the truck and handcuffed them for his protection […]
Lineup may have been suggestive but it was still reliable
Facts In 2016, Freddie Jean Williams, who was seventy-four years old at the time, arrived at her Cleveland, Mississippi, home around 11:00 p.m. Williams parked inside her carport and retrieved her blue purse and her clear work bag from the trunk of her car. As Williams was retrieving these items, she heard a noise and […]