Mississippi Case Updates

In the past can mean one day in an affidavit

Facts On January 22, 2003, a confidential informant (CI) reported to Shannon Bullock, an investigator with the Hinds County Sheriff’s Department, that he had witnessed

Officer smell can be the basis for probable cause

Facts In 2006, Kendrick Cowan was traveling with Roderick Cowan and Alvin Wiseman on Highway 78, while en route from Memphis, Tennessee to Atlanta, Georgia.

Police can move car before obtaining search warrant if they have probable cause

Facts In 2005, Vicksburg police responded to a report of a dead female lying face down next to a garbage dumpster at the Vicksburg Hotel, an

totality of the circumstances is used to determine if a defendant intelligently, knowingly, and voluntarily waived his Miranda rights

Facts In 2002, while working at the Cash Depot in Jackson, Paula Kay Dinkins was shot in the head during an armed robbery; she was

a mistake does not necessarily render the probable cause defective, as long as probable cause was based on good faith and a reasonable basis

Facts In 2007, Officer Mark Gilmore of the Kosciusko Police Department was out on patrol when he saw a white Lincoln at a high rate

Search incident to arrest of vehicle can take place while subject is handcuffed and in police car

Facts In 2005, Charles Johnson robbed the Wendy’s restaurant in Magee, Mississippi, after it closed. He wore a mask, dark gloves, bandana, and carried a