DUI relating to marijuana
Facts In 2012, Daniel Parish encountered a driver’s license safety checkpoint while driving on Luckney Road in Brandon, Mississippi. Officer James King of the Brandon Police Department was conducting the checkpoint, and he observed that Parish slowed down tremendously and did kind of a crawl roll to the checkpoint. King approached Parish’s car and asked to […]
Car swerving into another lane so that it occupies both lanes is careless driving
Facts In 2013, Officer Ryan Ainsworth received a call from dispatch that a complainant reported a GMC Sierra truck driving carelessly. Ainsworth first saw the truck—later confirmed to be driven by Malcolm Cameron—in the McDonald’s drive-thru off of Highway 51 in Madison, Mississippi. After Cameron went through the drive-thru, he turned right on Highway 51, […]
Making a turn in a car without using a signal is valid reason for stop
Facts In 2011, Tracy Woods turned left off Lake Harbor Drive onto Old Canton Road in Ridgeland, Mississippi. Ridgeland Police Officer Ryan Ainsworth saw Woods veer out of his lane when making the left turn. Woods then made a sharp right into a gas station without signaling. Ainsworth made a traffic stop, smelled alcohol and noticed […]
Exigency allows second entry into home to collect evidence under plain view seizure in this case
Facts In 1991, 17 year old Sue was riding around in Walnut, Mississippi, with her friend Nicole. They approached Charles Crawford, her ex brother-in-law, in a parking lot and asked him if he would help them put fluid in their car. He helped them and told Sue he needed to talk to her about something […]
When a subject invokes counsel, who talks next is not the test for re-initiation of interview
Facts Jairus Collins was arrested for the murder of Ebony Jenkins. He was Mirandized, waived, and started to make a statement before asking for a lawyer. The officer then left and shut the door. A few minutes later, Collins knocked on the door to ask how much longer this would take because he needed to […]
Telling the officer you need help is not a request for counsel in this case
Facts In 2012, John Franklin and his girlfriend, Amanda, were having relationship issues. They were living together with their children in Forest, Mississippi. One evening, Amanda went to pick up a friend, Scott Smith, and brought him to her house. Around 1:20 am, Amanda left to take keys to her sister’s home. While she was […]