OSSIPEE — Brandon Mitchell was sentenced Friday to 33 years to life in prison for the second-degree murder of his ex-girlfriend Esmae Doucette as she attempted to leave him.
Mitchell, 23, was indicted in connection with the shooting death of Doucette, then 23, in November 2022 at the Dana Place Apartments in Jackson.
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