Owner of home found in constructive possession of firearm
Facts In 2011, Sunny Day Bayham was awakened by the sound of her dogs barking. She looked outside and saw George Affleck in her next door neighbor Diane Hearn’s yard. Affleck was screaming and yelling and throwing Hearn around, trying to get her in his truck, which was parked in Hearn’s front yard. Hearn tried to […]
Subject not in custody at hospital when he provided consent
Facts On the evening of December 28, 2012, Duane John left his sister’s house in Philadelphia, Mississippi, and got into his vehicle along with his girlfriend, two other adults, and John’s five children. While trying to pass another vehicle on the road, John lost control of his vehicle, causing it to flip over and sink […]
Subject can’t be convicted of disorderly conduct if he didn’t refuse to comply with an order
Facts While conducting a drivers license checkpoint, it was discovered that Greg Mastin‘s Alabama license was expired under Mississippi law (in Alabama, there is a 60 day grace period upon expiration to renew. Mastin was within the 60 days). The officer advised that Mastin yelled, screamed, and was refusing to accept the expired license ticket […]
DUI relating to marijuana
Facts In 2012, Daniel Parish encountered a driver’s license safety checkpoint while driving on Luckney Road in Brandon, Mississippi. Officer James King of the Brandon Police Department was conducting the checkpoint, and he observed that Parish slowed down tremendously and did kind of a crawl roll to the checkpoint. King approached Parish’s car and asked to […]
Car swerving into another lane so that it occupies both lanes is careless driving
Facts In 2013, Officer Ryan Ainsworth received a call from dispatch that a complainant reported a GMC Sierra truck driving carelessly. Ainsworth first saw the truck—later confirmed to be driven by Malcolm Cameron—in the McDonald’s drive-thru off of Highway 51 in Madison, Mississippi. After Cameron went through the drive-thru, he turned right on Highway 51, […]
Making a turn in a car without using a signal is valid reason for stop
Facts In 2011, Tracy Woods turned left off Lake Harbor Drive onto Old Canton Road in Ridgeland, Mississippi. Ridgeland Police Officer Ryan Ainsworth saw Woods veer out of his lane when making the left turn. Woods then made a sharp right into a gas station without signaling. Ainsworth made a traffic stop, smelled alcohol and noticed […]