Legal Opinion

Gonzales v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided August 30, 2007No. 2006-KA-01191-SCTPublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

963 So.2d 1138 (2007)

Hector Hernandez GONZALES and Juan Gonzalez-Torres

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 2006-KA-01191-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 30, 2007.

David G. Hill, Oxford, D. Gill Baker, attorneys for appellants.

Office of the Attorney General by John R. Henry, attorney for appellee.

Before SMITH, C.J., DICKINSON and LAMAR, JJ.

DICKINSON, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. A law enforcement officer stopped a vehicle which did not appear to have a tag. After obtaining consent to search the vehicle, the officer found sixty pounds of marijuana inside. Although the vehicle had no regular tag,…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  4. Whren v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  5. Ornelas v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996

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3Cited by19 opinions

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