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 […]
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 […]