License plate not illuminated and blocking traffic sufficient for traffic stop
Facts In 2015, Madison County Sheriff’s Deputy Sam Howard observed a car that did not have a light illuminating its license plate. The police car and Rodney Carter‘s car were in different lanes when they came to a stop at a red light. When the light turned green, Howard accelerated slowly in order to get […]
A wallet found in a home is not enough proof that he lives there for constructive possession
Facts In 2014, James McGlothin was under surveillance by the Coastal Narcotics Enforcement Team. McGlothin met with a criminal informant. Thereafter, a search warrant was issued for the home where the meeting took place. Upon execution of the warrant, members of the narcotics team entered the home and found no one there. Inside they found that […]
Screwdriver wasn’t found in same place as methamphetamine
Facts In 2015, Officer Stanley Perry of the Cleveland Police Department received a call regarding a suspicious vehicle located behind a house in Cleveland, Mississippi. Upon arriving at the address, a woman exited the residence and informed Perry that a blue truck was parked behind the house. As Perry approached the truck, he shined his […]
Cursing at officer on side of road is not disorderly conduct here
Facts In 2013, Kim Collins was stopped for speeding by Mississippi State Highway Patrol Trooper Matthew Hood in Monroe County, Mississippi. According to the testimony at trial, throughout the traffic stop, Hood and Collins exchanged comments about the stop, and Collins expressed her disagreement with being stopped. At what appeared to be the conclusion of […]
Officers made no promises of bond and subject’s confession was deemed admissible
Facts In 2014, Henry Brown and two others burglarized a hunting camp while high on methamphetamine. They took two four wheelers and damaged them in the process. After Brown was arrested, he was interviewed several times by Scott County Investigators Willie Anderson and Billy Patrick over the course of several months. Brown sent multiple handwritten […]
Outstanding warrant in another jurisdiction permitted officers to detain him for questioning in suspicion of felony child abuse
Facts In 2012, Larry Watts was living with Sara Lowery and her four year old minor child, BAW, along with Watt’s biological son. Watts would babysit BAW when Lowery worked. One day, Lowery brought BAW to the emergency room for stomach pains and learned from the doctors that he had been physically abused (abdominal trauma […]