State v. Dennis Menzies

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT JACKSON OCTOBER 1999 SESSION STATE OF TENNESSEE v. DENNIS W. MENZIES Direct Appeal from the Circuit Court for Benton County No. 98CR741 Julian P. Guinn, Judge No. W1998-00608-CCA-R3-CD - Decided April 20, 2000 Based upon a tip from a confidential informant that the defendant was transporting illegal drugs, law enforcement officers stopped the defendant’s vehicle. Following an “alert” by a drug-sniffing dog, officers searched the defendant, his vehicle, and the car hauler he was operating. Cocaine was found both on the defendant’s person and in…