Madison-Rankin District Attorney Bubba Bramlett issued the following statement.
Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney John K. “Bubba” Bramlett announced today that Demarques Smith, 30, of Jackson, pled guilty to hindering prosecution in Madison Circuit Court and was sentenced yesterday to serve 15 years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. On October 29, 2023, officers with the Ridgeland Police Department initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle for a tint violation and smelled marijuana coming from the car. After a short search of the vehicle, the officer located various drugs, cash, and a gun in the car. The officers arrested both the driver, Damien Mason and his passenger. Two days later, Demarques Smith came to RPD and attempted to claim the drugs, money and gun. A detective from RPD got a subpoena and obtained Mason’s jail calls. Telephone conversations between Smith and Mason during those calls revealed an agreement between the two for Smith to falsely claim the drugs since Smith would merely be a first offender, whereas Mason would a habitual offender, if convicted.
Smith pled guilty to one count of hindering prosecution and was sentenced to fifteen years in custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Mason also elected to plead guilty, to possession of controlled substance and felon in possession of a firearm, as a non-violent habitual offender, and was sentenced to thirteen years to serve without the possibility of parole. District Attorney Bramlett stated, “Mr. Smith decided to help his friend out by making false statements to the police. Instead of getting what he thought would be probation or a deferred sentence, he was sentenced to serve fifteen years in prison for hindering the prosecution of this case.”
10 comments:
Too dumb to know he's stupid...
Darn, Smith was destined to be a Nobel Laureate.
I'm a law and order, throw the book at 'em kind of guy, but 15 years for one count of hindering prosecution is excessive, especially when the habitual offender who actually had the drugs, cash, and gun got 13 years. WTF?
Shucks, Smith was destined to be another Bennie.
@4:11 Likely knew him.
Honestly, I am not thrilled with having to pay for room and board for 15 years.
Great job guys, now we'll never get a cure for cancer.
2:11 Agreed! They all definitely need to be punished and jailed for stupid crimes, but this is extremely excessive.
"Mason’s jail calls"??? How many calls do you get? Ridiculous!
15 years? Really?
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