Dotson V. Simpson Research Paper

Facts: This case consists of Hereford a criminal informant who gets information of narcotic laws to Officer Marsh; a federal narcotic agent with 29 years on the job. Hereford had been feeding Marsh information for close to 6 months and that information was accurate and reliable. In the early days of September 1956, Hereford told Officer Marsh that the defendant James Draper was distributing illegal narcotics throughout Denver. Several days later, Hereford told Marsh that in the days before Draper went to Chicago and set to return with several ounces of heroin. Along with the information given Hereford gave a physical description of Draper, which included his age, weight, race, and clothes that he had

Evidence of Mr Thomas’ involvement in the sale of illegal drugs were being monitored by undercover police. Then, on 8 January 2015, a search warrant enabled police to enter Mr Thomas’ premises in which they found a glass pipe, scales, $1000 in cash, a mobile phone, small Ziploc bags and the drug, crystal methamphetamine. All these instruments indicated Mr Thomas was a supplier and user of the dangerous and illegal drug.

According to the probable cause statement filed on September 26, 2016, by Chesapeake Police Officer Allison Ostman, the following occurred in the city of Chesapeake: “On September 18, 2016, at approximately 03:30, I made contact with a suspicious occupied vehicle at the intersection of Drum Creek Road and Taylor Road that was occupied by several juveniles to include a Mr. Darren DelPapa. Due to an odor of marijuana in the vehicle, I performed a search of the vehicle for illegal narcotics. During my search, I located a plastic bag containing (1) 30 mg tablet of codeine underneath Mr. DelPapa’s seat. I mirandized him at approximately 0348 hours, to which Mr. DelPapa stated the pill belonged to him.”

Maryland police officers pulled a vehicle over for speeding at approximately 3am on 7 August 1999. The police officers found three men in the vehicle. The driver was Donte Partlow, the front seat passenger and defendant Joseph Pringle, and the backseat passenger Otis Smith. One of the police officers asked the owner and driver of the vehicle for his license and registration. When Partlow opened the glove box, the police officer observed a large amount of money in the glove box. The police officer checked for outstanding warrants and issued Partlow a warning. Then the officer asked for permission to search his vehicle. Upon searching the vehicle the police officer found the money he had seen earlier as well as five baggies of cocaine in-between the armrest and back seat. All three occupants in the vehicle were questioned and denied any knowledge or ownership of the cocaine. Subsequently all three men were arrested and brought back to the police station for questioning. Pringle waived his rights after being given a Miranda warning and confessed that the cocaine was his and he intended to sell it. He claimed that the other occupants in the vehicle had no knowledge of the drugs. At trial, Pringle moved to suppress his confession, claiming that it was the result of an illegal arrest. The court denied his motion, and

Similarly, treatment in lieu of conviction was granted for Ryan T. Malachin, 20, of 370 S. Washington St., Millersburg, who pleaded guilty to two counts of trafficking in marijuana. The charges stem from the alleged sale of drugs to a confidential informant on June 23 and June

He was arrested without incident with one team of officers getting him in surveillance from the woods, while other officers arrived at the front of the house, Webb said. Webb said information given to them indicated he would be armed and that as many as six other individuals regularly stayed around that house.

Teagle 170 P.3d 266 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2007), defendant Teagle was pulled over after being observed speeding down the highway. When the officer approached the vehicle, he noticed two cellular phones on the dashboard, an open container of liquor, fast-food wrappers, a box of cookies, a map, and luggage and clothing in the backseat. The officer gave the defendant a warning and then asked him if there was any contraband in the vehicle or whether there was a chance anyone else could have placed any contraband in the vehicle. Although the defendant answered in the negative, the officer returned to his patrol vehicle and asked if there was a canine unit available. There was not and so the officer told the defendant that he was free to leave. Shortly afterwards, the officer saw the defendant speeding once again down the road. The officer proceeded to pull him over and gave him another warning. The officer again asked him if he could search the vehicle and the defendant answered in the affirmative. The officer called a canine unit which arrived an hour later. The canine, in proceeding to do an exterior sniff, circled around to the trunk. The officers then opened the trunk to find 338 pounds of marijuana, a can of air freshener under the driver’s seat and several toilet bowl sanitizers in the compartment ofthe vehicle as well as the trunk. These were all indicative of an attempt to mask the smell of marijuana. At trial, the defendant argued that he had taken his vehicle to a repair shop, implying that someone else had placed the drugs in the car. The court found that there was enough evidence, including the large amount of drugs in the trunk of the vehicle, the air freshener, and the inconsistent statements to determine that the defendant had sufficient knowledge of the marijuana in the

Judge Baldwin accepted a plea of guilt from GUTIERREZ on the following charges: Simple Assault 18 2701 A1 (1 count), Simple Assault 18 2701 A3 (1 count), Theft by Unlawful Taking 18 3921 A (1 count), Possession of Weapon 18 907 B (1 count), & Terroristic Threats w/ Int to Terrorize Another (1 count).

Major Hughes logged the items into evidence where the crystal like substance will be sent to the lab for further testing. I ran Mickenzie through dispatch and dispatch advised Mickenzie had a positive warrant out of Ralls County for failure to appear on driving while suspended or revoked, warrant number 17RLFTA194, issued on 10-27-2017.

If convicted of the third-degree felony, Homan faces up to three years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

Deputy Kirk Shelly said credible evidence from ongoing drug investigation led the Sheriff’s Office house, where “We found items consistent with illegal drug activity.”

On Friday, the “On the Road” segment with Steve Hartman featured the story of Michigan resident Jameel McGee, who was falsely accused of and arrested for dealing drugs in 2005. Benton Harbor police officer Andrew Collins confessed that he manipulated the report to pass on the blame to another person, resulting in an the jailing of an innocent man, CBS News reports.

Buy and bust. Plaintiff claims false arrest. Per complaint and summons, plaintiff states he was walking to his spouse’s residence when PO Jackson and UC C0109 arrested him for sale and possession of marijuana.

Watson, upon the pat down of Mr. Watsons’ person, officer Johnson found a “hand carved pipe with a golf ball size bowl and a five inch long pipe’ which officer Johnson believed was being used for smoking marijuana. Officer Johnson then handcuffed and placed Watson into the back seat of his patrol car and went to remove the keys from the Watson vehicle to check the trunk for the kidnapped three year old child, upon opening the trunk of the Fiat sports coupe car, Johnson found a cellophane wrapped package that looks to contain marijuana. Officer Johnson returned to his patrol car and informed Watson that he was under arrest for the Possession of Marijuana with the intent to distribute a controlled drug substance.

Because of this, the defendant plead ignorance since he never had any notification about this law. From the moment police arrested Toben, the law had been in effect for three days. Usually local news can broadcast changes in the law almost immediately. This means that the excuse of ignorance is ineffective in this situation since news is everywhere! Even music stations sometimes broadcast the news, traffic, and weather! Because of this, I say that the charge and the ensuing punishment Mr. Toban received was appropriate. Since the crime of possession in South Dakota is considered a Class 4 Felony, prison time is acceptable for the nature of the crime (Steiner,