TIM PRATT
STARKVILLE — A Starkville woman accused of killing a Mathiston man in 2008 was arraigned Monday in Oktibbeha County Circuit Court on one count of murder.
Leslie Sharp, now 20, was charged with manslaughter shortly after the shooting death of 20-year-old Christopher Cole on Nov. 10, 2008, near the corner of Rockhill Road and Kelly Road in northeastern Oktibbeha County. However, an Oktibbeha County grand jury was impaneled last year and reconvened earlier this month, then issued a murder indictment against Sharp, said Assistant District Attorney Rhonda Hayes-Ellis, who is representing the state in the case. The state is no longer pursuing manslaughter, though Hayes-Ellis would not go into detail when asked about the switch to a murder charge.
“All I can really say is that new evidence was presented to the grand jury,” Hayes-Ellis said Tuesday at the Oktibbeha County Courthouse.
The grand jury looks at the state’s evidence and determines if there is enough for a trial.
According to court documents, the incident between Sharp and Cole stemmed from a relationship, and subsequent conflict, the victim had with two of Sharp’s friends.
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