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APRIL 29, 2024
District Attorney Daniella M. Shorter announced the conviction of Malcolm Mackey on one (1) count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
On April 22, 2024, Malcolm Mackey appeared in Copiah County Circuit Court and pled guilty to a matter consisting of the crime of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Circuit Judge Tomika H. Irving sentenced Mackey to five (5) years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections with five (5) years suspended and two (2) years of supervised probation. Mackey was also ordered to pay $150 to the District Attorney’s Office for the D.A. Investigation fee and $427.50 in court costs to the county.
Should this case have gone to trial, the prosecution would have shown that on March 4, 2023, a Mississippi Highway Patrol Trooper stopped Mackey for a traffic stop in Port Gibson, Mississippi. During the stop, Mackey’s vehicle was legally searched, and he was found to be in possession of a firearm while being a convicted felon. Mackey was then issued the appropriate traffic citations for this stop, and he was arrested on scene and transported to the Claiborne County Jail.