Henson v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Justice ABRAMSON.

In response to an anonymous tip that Jacob Henson was a passenger in Greg Haddix’s black Pontiac Grand Am and that he was carrying drugs, Officer Larry Turner of the Jackson Police Department located the parked Grand Am and asked Henson to step outside of the vehicle. After first denying that he had any drugs or contraband, Henson complied with Turner’s request to empty his pockets, producing a small case containing cocaine and several used hypodermic needles. Henson was then arrested and subsequently indicted for possession of a controlled substance…