TIM PRATT
The trial of a Maben woman accused of killing her husband while the couple hunted in western Oktibbeha County was continued Monday until Aug. 2.
The trial of Verina Marie Childs, 38, of 3875 Jeff Peay Road, was delayed until August because the investigation is still ongoing, according to a court order.
Childs was charged with murder in the shooting death of her husband, Douglas Marion Childs, 32, on Nov. 22, 2009, off Hawkins Road. The couple lived at the corner of Jeff Peay and Hawkins roads, not far from the scene of the shooting.
Oktibbeha County Sheriff’s Department Chief Deputy George Carrithers at the time said Douglas Childs was shot in the back with a rifle.
According to the court docket, Assistant District Attorney Lindsey Clemons is prosecuting the case against Verina Childs, Rob Roberson is her defense attorney and Judge Lee Howard is presiding over the case.
In unrelated business Monday, Howard and fellow Sixteenth Circuit Court Judge Jim Kitchens handed out a number of sentences.
Howard sentenced Calvin Hubbard to 10 years in the Mississippi Department of Corrections for the sale of cocaine and an additional 10 years in the MDOC for possession of cocaine greater than 30 grams. The sentences are to run consecutively. Howard also gave Hubbard a $5,000 fine and five years of post-release supervision.
Howard sentenced Bruce Jefferson to five years in the Mississippi Department of Corrections for statutory rape. Jefferson also faces a $1,000 fine and five years of post-release supervision.
Howard sentenced David Porter to two years in the MDOC for felony driving under the influence — third offense. Porter also was given a $2,000 fine and faces three years of post-release supervision.
Kitchens sentenced Wanda Larrimore to 10 years in the MDOC, but suspended the sentence, for embezzlement. Kitchens gave Larrimore five years of probation, a $200 fine and ordered her to pay $1,909.50 in restitution.
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