Recorded May 27, 2020

This training is intended for U.S. Criminal Justice Practitioners. Please register using your agency-issued email.

This webinar is a detailed case study of a successful investigation, from inception to trial, of a criminal case involving the sale of counterfeit merchandise, pirated CDs and DVDs, and synthetic cannabinoids in state court. The webinar will provide a detailed analysis of the three-year investigation and trial of a local retail store merchant that utilized his business as a front to conduct the illicit sale of drugs and counterfeit merchandise in Meridian, Mississippi. Attendees will learn how law enforcement officers at the local, state, and federal level properly deconflicted this case. Lastly, the presenters will address the challenges they faced during the investigation and prosecution of this matter and discuss how these issues were successfully resolved.

Presented by:
Patrick E. Beasley, Assistant District Attorney, Mississippi Office of the District Attorney, 6th Judicial Circuit Court
Leland “Lee” McDivitt, Senior Investigator, Mississippi Office of the Attorney General

The views and opinions expressed in this presentation are those of the individual presenters and do not represent official policy, position, opinions, or views of NW3C.

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