conspiracy to possess drugs proven here
Facts In 2011, Dominick Riley, United States postal inspector, became suspicious of a package mailed from California to Canton, Mississippi. The package’s sender’s name did not match the sender’s address. Also, the package came from California, a “source state” for narcotics shipping in the United States. Riley contacted the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics (MBN), whose […]
Consent was properly obtained and includes curtilage
Facts In 2012, Warren County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a tip that Amy Whitehead was manufacturing methamphetamine at the address where she lived with her 80 year old grandmother, Ruby Mills. After police knocked on the front door, Whitehead exited the back door, carried a black box to the shed and gave the box to […]
Victim recording subject is not a 5th amendment issue – also discusses when right to counsel attaches
Facts In 2012, a group of twelve to fifteen men were playing dice at a birthday party in Benton County, Mississippi. As the game was winding down, Deldrick Carroll pulled out a gun and pointed it at Gary Patterson. Patterson dropped his money, about $2,260, and everyone fled. Carroll then shot the gun in the […]
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 […]