Minor deviation from departmental policy on checkpoints was reasonable
Facts In 2006, Newton County Sheriff’s Deputy Toby Pinson and his brother, Jeremy Pinson, a police officer from Hickory, Mississippi, established a license and safety checkpoint at about 3:00 p.m. According to Deputy Pinson, the checkpoint was authorized by Chief Deputy Sheriff Billy Pat Walker of the Newton County Sheriff’s Department. At about 3:20 p.m., […]
Inventory search allowed when car has to be impounded
Facts In 2000, James Dycus responded to a knock at his front door. His wife, Virgie, still in bed, heard a blundering noise, and then her dog barked, so she went to the front door, which was ajar. Seeing nothing amiss, she went into the kitchen where she could see through the window that her […]
Accident while responding to disturbance was not in reckless disregard
Facts Mildred Rayner alleged that, on the afternoon of March 22, 2006, Deputy Michael McCarty was in the course and scope of his employment with the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department when he drove through a red light at the intersection of Highway 468 and Highway 18 in Brandon, Mississippi, and collided with Rayner’s oncoming vehicle. […]
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 […]