Saturday, December 10th, 2005
I just sent the following set of questions to Buddy McDonald, prosecutor in the Cory Maye case:
When was the warrant against Cory Maye issued? Where is it now filed?
Was Maye actually named in the warrant, or just his address? Or both?
Were separate warrants issued for Maye and for Jaimie Smith? Were their separate addresses on those warrants?
Officer Cooley testified to the grand jury that Officer Jones collected information from a confidential informant saying that Cory Maye was selling drugs. Precisely what did the confidential informant say that led to the warrant for Cory Maye? And who was the informant? Was he a former felon? Did he have a proven record of reliable tips?
Was the warrant issued based only on the statements of one informant, or were there others? Given that he had no previous criminal record, did the task force attempt any controlled buys or surveillance of Maye’s residence before raiding it?
Is it common practice for the narcotics task force to break down doors to serve search warrants on suspects with no previous criminal record, and based on tips from a single anonymous informant?
Why did police wait until after raiding Martin’s apartment before raiding Maye’s? If police were certain that there were to separate residences, why not raid both at the same time? If Maye were a drug dealer, wouldn’t raiding the other end of the duplex first tip him off, and give him an opportunity to flush his stash?
Was Cory Maye ever charged with actual drug distribution, the reason the warrant was issued in the first place? If not, why not?
Do you believe today that Cory Maye was a drug dealer? Based on what evidence?
Why did police change their story on whether or not drugs were found in Maye’s apartment? And exactly how much marijuana or cocaine is necessary to comprise a “trace?”
If Cory Maye was a suspected drug dealer, and if he was named in the warrant as a suspected drug dealer, and if Officer Jones knew there were two, separate residences at the duplex, why was the unarmed Officer Jones the first to enter Maye’s home? Do police typically raid the homes of suspected drug dealers unarmed?
Was Jaimie Smith ever charged with drug distribution?
IIf you’re correct in stating that two separate warrants were issued on the same day for the raid on the Smith-Maye duplex, why was the search warrant naming Jamie Smith and his residence in Cory Maye’s criminal file at the Jefferson Davis County Circuit Court, but not the search warrant naming Cory Maye and his residence? When I asked clerk Jerri Landry for a search, the Smith warrant was the only warrant she found in Maye’s file.
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