Video: Columbus Capital Murder Trial Continued

COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – Derrick Bankhead’s capital murder trial is continued in Lowndes County Circuit Court.

Bankhead was convicted last September in Lowndes County Circuit Court.

However, Judge Lee Coleman overturned that verdict.

Bankhead’s attorney learned that District Attorney Scott Colom was a stand-in defense attorney for Bankhead during a preliminary hearing in 2011.

Columbus police say Bankhead’s cousin, Eddie Bankhead, was shot during an armed robbery back in July 2011.

The state Attorney General’s office is prosecuting the case.

A new trial date has not been set.

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