District Attorney T. Wright Barksdale (at podium) speaks to the court during the murder trial against three defendants for the 2017 death of Marquis Hardwick. Presiding over the trial is Superior Court Alison Burleson (far left). DEBBIE LURIE-SMITH/Staff
Jones County jurors heard three days of testimony during the first week of a murder trial of three defendants accused in the 2017 shooting death of Marquis Hardwick.
The defendants in the case – Camaren Myles Banks, Justierrious Shyheim Canty and Jaqualan Desean Clark – are facing charges including malice murder, felony murder, armed robbery and burglary.