[Riley]

Cory Maye's prosecutor, Claiborne "Buddy" McDonald :

[...] There were 2 separate search warrants issued for 2 separate apartments in a wood frame duplex which were located side by side one of which was the apartment Maye was in. The warrant was not for the wrong apartment. The warrants were issued by a lawyer/city judge not a lay judge. The warrants were served at the same time by two teams. The testimony was that there were several announcements that they were the police and that they had a search warrant. The occupants in the apartment next to Maye’s allowed entry after announcement and there was no resistance. Maye did not. Porch lights were on in the front of Maye’s apartment and the uniformed officers and marked cars visible in the front yard and on the porch. The officers announced at the front door and then at the back door. The officer who killed was at the front door initially and then went around the back to the back door before entry was made. The defendant Maye testified and the jury did not believe him. You really need to get a copy of the transcript to get an understanding of the entire case. You can get it from Cecilia Fillingame the court reporter in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. If the officer had not had a valid warrant and right to be there the trial judge would not have allowed the case to go forward. [...]

http://www.theagitator.com/index.php More info on the front page of the site.

[Mojave]

Informative post.

[md2576]

The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . .

Police Officer Ron Jones Prentiss Police Department Mississippi End of Watch: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 Biographical Info Age: 29 Tour of Duty: 5 yrs Badge Number: P-5 Incident Details Cause of Death: Gunfire Date of Incident: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type Suspect Info: Sentenced to death Officer Jones was shot and killed while attempting to serve a drug warrant on Mary Street with other officers. Officer Jones entered the rear door of a residence and was shot as he made entrance to a bedroom that the suspect was in. The shot struck him in the abdomen below his vest. He succumbed to his wounds while being transported to a local hospital in a patrol car. The suspect was apprehended at the scene and has been charged with capital murder. He was found guilty of capital murder on January 23, 2004, and sentenced to death. Officer Jones had been with the five-officer Prentiss Police Department for 5 years. His father was chief of police at the time of the shooting. He was survived by his parents and two brothers.

[GregoryFul]

So what is your theory on why Maye did not invite the cops in?

[TennMountains]

Cory Maye's prosecutor, Claiborne "Buddy" McDonald : [...] There were 2 separate search warrants issued for 2 separate apartments in a wood frame duplex which were located side by side one of which was the apartment Maye was in. The warrant was not for the wrong apartment... If the officer had not had a valid warrant and right to be there the trial judge would not have allowed the case to go forward.

Having thought about this overnight I'm left wondering just what difference it makes that the officer may have had a warrant and thus the "right" to be there. So what if the officer wasn't a tresspasser? Knowingly killing a simple tresspasser is still murder. What matters is what Maye knew when he pulled the trigger. Why would the judge have dismissed the case just because the officer had a piece of paper or not? This comment of the prosecutor really doesn't make much sense.