Officer Jones, 29, was shot and killed December 26, 2001, while attempting to serve a drug warrant with Pearl River Basin Narcotics Task Force on Mary Street approximately 2340 hours with seven other officers. The reason for the raid was because Officer Jones was informed by a confidential informant that there was a large quantity of marijuana spotted in the apartment. Officer Jones entered the rear door of a residence and was shot as he made entrance to a bedroom that the suspect was in. Cory Maye fired at Officer Jones three times with a stolen Larson .380 caliber handgun. The shot struck him in the abdomen below his vest. He succumbed to his wounds while being transported to a local hospital in a patrol car. The suspect, Corey Maye, 21, lived at the apartment for less than two months with his girlfriend. Maye contends that he was asleep in his living room which was dark when the raid occurred while his infant daughter,
There are three possible actions that the current presiding judge could take. He could refer the case directly to resentencing; or he could override the jury’s verdict and declare Maye not guilty or he could schedule the case for retrial. On December 29, 2006,
