Ferguson v. State

PIERCE, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Charles Ferguson rode as a backseat passenger from Starkville, Mississippi, to West Point, Mississippi, with Lazeric Yarbrough and Oratio Robinson, unaware of Yarbrough’s and Robinson’s intent to purchase marijuana once in West Point. On their return to Starkville, the men approached a Mississippi Highway Patrol *422checkpoint in Lowndes County, Mississippi. Ferguson testified at trial that, as they approached the checkpoint, Yarbrough, a front-seat passenger in the vehicle, opened the door and threw the bag of marijuana from the vehicle. The officers at the…