A checkpoint is a balance between public interest and individual’s right of privacy
Facts In 2005, Wayne Frost, acting Chief of Police for Waynesboro Police Department (WPD), issued verbal orders for roadblocks within the city limits of Waynesboro for the month of January. Since there were no written policies concerning roadblocks conducted by the WPD, Frost put oral policies in place. The oral policies regarding road blocks included: […]
Other people may have had access but subject found to be in constructive possession
Facts Officers of the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department conducted surveillance on Consimeon Gross’s residence for several months, during which time they observed numerous people going into the residence and then leaving shortly thereafter. Based on their suspicions, the officers obtained a search warrant for Gross’s residence. The warrant was executed as Gross was stopped and arrested […]
Subject made ambiguous request for counsel (Saddler has clarified this)
Facts Dudley Coleman and Jennifer Lenard were shot and killed in a wooded area along Highway 9 in Pontotoc County in 2003. Testimony at trial revealed that Coleman and John Thomas Scott were involved in the sale of methamphetamine. Scott owed Coleman about $4,500 as a result of these dealings. The night before the murders, […]
Subject has to be interrogated for Miranda to apply
Facts In 2003, Officer Tyrone Keller was called to a domestic disturbance at the home of Rika Carmichael, which she shared with Kenneth Wilson, his live- in girlfriend Lisa Williams and her two children – Michael D’Anthony Williams and a younger son. Wilson and Lisa had an argument which resulted in Wilson pushing Lisa into […]
Subject had no expectation of privacy in hotel room
Facts In 2004, Cozell Lyons entered the Merchant and Farmers Bank in Philadelphia sporting a pair of purple sunglasses. Lyons then displayed a blue checkbook cover containing a note which instructed teller Felicia Cook to remain quiet because Lyons had a gun in his pocket. Lyons then handed Cook a clear plastic bag, into which Cook immediately […]
After invoking counsel, subject’s request to speak to police about procedural matters did not reinitiate the conversation
Facts In 2004, a newspaper delivery woman reported a house on fire on South Huntington Street in Kosciusko, Mississippi. Kosciusko Police Officer Carl Black and Kosciusko Firefighter Mark Hill were some of the first responders to arrive at the house. Black testified smoke was originating from the rear of the house, and that he noticed […]