The jury trial of a Brookhaven attorney accused of selling marijuana to a client in jail was among several criminal cases handled recently in Sixth Circuit Court terms in Amite and Wilkinson Counties.

John Jackson, Jr. was found guilty of sale of marijuana in a correctional facility and sentenced to three years in the Mississippi Department of Corrections, a spokesperson in the Amite County Circuit Clerk’s office said.

Judge Forrest A. Johnson allowed Jackson to serve his term under house arrest.

Jackson was also ordered to pay a $25,000 fine.

Jackson was accused of selling marijuana to a client in the Lincoln County Jail.

The trial was moved to Amite County on a change of venue.

In another Amite County case, Eddie Bo Simmons pled guilty to accessory after the fact to burglary of a dwelling house.

Simmons was sentenced to five years in the MDOC.

Johnson retained jurisdiction over the case for one year and ordered Simmons placed in the Regimented Inmate Disciplinary program.

In Wilkinson County Circuit Court, a woman charged with embezzlement was placed in the Pre-Trial Intervention Program by Judge Lillie Blackmon Sanders, according to documents filed in the Circuit Clerk’s office.

Sanders ordered Rayneake Jeffery to pay court costs and restitution of $2,000 in monthly installments for two years.

Jeffery’s restitution payments must be made to the Sixth Circuit District Attorney’s Office.

If Jeffery fails to make the payments, then the Pre-Trial Intervention agreement will become void and her prosecution on the embezzlement charge will proceed.

A sysnopsis of other Wilkinson County criminal cases based on information from court documents and the District Attorney’s office:

George Rogers, Jr., originally charged with burglary of a storehouse (four counts), pled guilty to one count of burglary of a storehouse.

Sanders sentenced Rogers to five years in the MDOC, suspended, and five years of non-reporting probation.

Louis T. Allen pled guilty to the original charge of aggravated assault and was sentenced to 10 years in the MDOC.

Sanders ordered Allen to serve five years, after which the remainder of his term will be suspended with five years probation.

Delando Brown pled guilty to the original charge of burglary of a storehouse and was sentenced one year in the MDOC with credit for time served.

Sanders also ordered Brown placed in the Regimented Inmate Disciplinary Program.

Harry Botley, originally charged with possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, pled guilty to simple assault.

Sanders sentenced Botley to six months in jail, suspended, with one year of non-reporting probation.