MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – A Canton man was sentenced to 64 years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) for selling drugs.
Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney John K. “Bubba” Bramlett announced that Khadafy Manning was sentenced for the sale of cocaine within 1,500 feet of a church as a subsequent drug offender while in the possession of a firearm.
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In May 2025, Bramlett said Madison County deputies conducted multiple controlled purchases of crack cocaine from Manning at his Canton home. Investigators executed a search warrant at the home and discovered crack cocaine, marijuana, alprazolam and a handgun.
Manning was charged with three counts of sale of cocaine, one count of possession of cocaine with the intent to sell while in possession of a firearm, and one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon as a subsequent drug offender and non-violent habitual offender. He pled guilty on May 19, 2026.
According to Bramlett, Manning had been previously convicted in 2003 and 2007 in the Circuit Court of Madison County for sale of cocaine.
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