5 years for a murder? Sound like he talkin
nope the prosecutors didnt have anything
“Donovan Cortez Jefferson, a key witness to Burton's (gee money) shooting, was indicted in July 2020 on an unrelated second-degree murder amid allegations he shot and killed 41-year-old Derek Jones inside a Jim Taylor Drive apartment in November 2019. Jefferson, 34, who's still battling his case, is scheduled to stand trial March 27.
"This (Jefferson's) arrest created a serious issue to the successful trial of Deandre Fields (nba lil pap) as the state’s eyewitness has been indicted for a homicide himself," Moore said in his statement. "There was no other direct information outside of some circumstantial evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Fields was responsible for this homicide."
Fields, of New Roads, agreed to a negotiated deal between prosecutors and his attorney that saw his charge dropped to accessory after the fact of murder, a non-violent offense that exposed him to only five years behind bars. He will serve that sentence as he serves a three-year prison stint for a federal weapons charge he picked up last year while awaiting trial.
"Under the circumstances the state was not in any other position but to resolve this matter under these circumstances," Moore said. "My office has discussed these issues with Mr. Burton’s family prior to accepting this plea."
