Weaving and crossing the centerline is careless driving
Facts Officer Shannon Hester of the Corinth Police Department was driving behind Tameca Drummer’s vehicle when she noticed the vehicle had no license plate. Hester followed the vehicle for approximately one mile, and she observed Drummer’s vehicle weaving from the outside of her lane across the centerlines. Hester performed a traffic stop. As she was […]
Exigent drawing of blood when there is a car accident
Facts In 2004, John Deeds vehicle crossed a four lane highway and hit Faye Briggs vehicle nearly head on. Officer Michael Gibbs of the Olive Branch Police Department testified that Deeds was pinned behind the steering wheel, semiconscious. Gibbs further testified that he noticed a real strong smell of intoxicating beverage on Deeds’s breath when he […]
Circumstantial evidence proved subject’s guilt in stolen goods
Facts In 2005, Jason Cole arrived at his place of employment, Foot Gear in West Point, Mississippi, and discovered that the gate’s lock had been broken and the front door was ajar. Once inside, Cole found that most of the store’s athletic wear was missing from the racks along the wall and throughout the store; the […]
Search warrant obtained 10 months after pictures of children viewed on computer is not stale
Facts In March 2006, a child related to Rubin Renfrow spoke to an elementary school counselor. It is unclear what the child said to the school counselor, but whatever the child said, the school counselor was concerned that the child had been exposed to inappropriate matters of a sexual nature. The school counselor relayed his […]
Rental car did not have tag conspicuously displayed which justified stop
Facts In 2006, Tyronne Lekeith Wade was driving a rental car through Harrison County, Mississippi. The rental car did not have a traditional metal license plate displayed in the commonly-accepted location. Instead, there was a paper Alabama license displayed in the rear window. Deputy William Senseney with the Harrison County Sheriff’s Department did not see […]
A plain feel of a pill bottle on a terry frisk does not provide probable cause of anything illegal
Facts Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics Agents Richard Sistrunk and Grant Myers (both in plain clothes) received two separate anonymous tips alerting them to suspicious and possible criminal activity. The complaint was related to the mobile home residence of Thomas Walden in a rural area near the House community in Neshoba County. According to the anonymous […]