Subject’s statement and proximity enough for constructive possession
Facts Andrew Acie Adams was spotted driving in Gulfport while there was a warrant out for his arrest. After pulling Adams over, the officers noticed a loaded magazine in the driver’s side door. Adams’s wife, who was in the passenger’s seat, was found to have been sitting on a pistol, and a search of the vehicle’s […]
Show up identification did not lead to misidentification
Facts In 2011, a masked man entered the Little Caesar’s Pizza in Southaven and pointed a handgun at Billy Royal, who was working behind the counter at the time. The stickup man demanded money. For approximately fifteen minutes, Royal argued with the man and refused to surrender the loot. Other employees called the police, and the […]
Anonymous tip was sufficiently corroborated for traffic stop
Facts In 2010, police discovered a liquor store had been robbed. The door was open and the owner, Gerald Simmons, was lying on the floor semi-conscious with gashes to his head and blood spatter throughout the store. The cash register was open and empty. While at the store, Chief Tracy Vance, Friar Point P.D., got […]
Asking subject to remove shoes does not allow a search of lighter that fell out
Facts In 2010, Biloxi P.D. stopped a car for crossing a fog line on I-10. The driver could not produce a drivers license and a Terry frisk revealed drugs in his pants which he admitted. The passenger, David May, who had a suspended drivers license, was asked to exit the car so an inventory search […]
Reasonable Suspicion justified extending traffic stop
Facts In 2012, Lieutenant Nick McLendon with Richland P.D. stopped a Ford 500 for speeding. Darryl Bobo was the registered owner and was not in the car. Parrish Norfleet, driver, said he was traveling from Georgia to California to visit family. McLendon noticed several air fresheners, a small overnight bag, and a single key in […]
Single photographs were overly suggestive but identification was reliable
Facts In 2011, Clell McCurdy was in his dorm room on the campus of Jackson State University. With his door ajar, he noticed two men walk down the hall past his door, then turn and come into his room. McCurdy did not recognize either of the men. Once in the dorm room, one of the men began […]