Confidential Informant and officer independent reason for traffic stop valid
Facts A known confidential informant called Deputy Bobby Bailey, Jefferson County S.O., and advised there were three people in an SUV (either white Tahoe or white Yukon) parked at a gas station in Fayette with a strong odor of marijuana. Bailey drove towards the gas station and noticed a white SUV coming towards him. As […]
Petition for appointment of attorney form does not constitute a Miranda request for counsel
Facts In 2015, Ladarius Armstrong robbed a Cefco on Highway 39. He was wearing a dark hoodie, gray jogging pants, and dark glasses, and entered holding a gun. Brenisha Jackson was the store employee who complied with his orders to give him money. She noted that the gun was black with a green slide and […]
Subject found in constructive possession when using another person’s apartment to receive a package
Facts In 2015, Postal Inspector Dominick Riley was working at the United States Postal Inspection Service Center in Jackson, Mississippi. Part of his duties as a postal inspector included looking at packages for indicators that they may contain narcotics. During a routine check, Riley noticed a suspicious express mail package. The package was heavily taped […]
Stuffing something between the seats is a factor for constructive possession
Facts In 2016, Shawn Lavant was stopped by Officer James Cowan with the Biloxi Police Department for driving without his vehicle’s headlights on. Lavant was the only person in the vehicle when Cowan stopped him. The vehicle belonged to Dorothy Parnell, but Lavant admitted that he frequently used the vehicle. Cowan testified that as he […]
Taking a person out of the vehicle at gunpoint and placing them in handcuffs is permissible in some Terry stops
Facts In 2011, around 11:30 p.m., John Wrenn was having an argument with a Mr. Frazier outside of Frazier’s house. Mr. Frazier asked Wrenn to leave several times but he refused. Dorothy Frazier, his wife, called 911 and while she was on the phone, she saw Wrenn point a shotgun at Mr. Frazier and then […]
Inventory search of bag containing lube was proper
Facts Seven year old Robert lived with his mother and sister at his grandmother’s house. A party took place at the home and the grandmother’s boyfriend and the boyfriend’s bother, Charles Blake, attended. Blake went inside with the children and a teenage cousin found Blake pulling Robert back and forth in a strange way. Robert’s […]