A repeat drug offender will not be able to sell illegal substances to the public for a very long time.
Khadafy Manning, 44, has been sentenced to 64 years in prison for selling cocaine near an unspecified Madison County church, while possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Bubba Bramlett, the district attorney representing Madison and Rankin counties made the announcement on Tuesday.
In May 2025, narcotics investigators with the Madison County Sheriff’s Department conducted multiple controlled purchases of crack cocaine from Manning at his Canton residence. During all undercover drug purchases, a confidential informant was fitted with a covert camera that recorded Manning selling the drugs, law enforcement officials said.
After further investigation into Manning’s drug distribution, investigators executed a search warrant at his 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 this year and was handed the more than six-decade sentence. The defendant had previously been convicted twice in Madison County for selling cocaine — first in 2003 and again in 2007.
“We want to thank the Madison County Sherriff’s Department for their continued efforts to crack down on drug dealers in our area. Mr. Manning had already been convicted twice of selling cocaine, and yet, almost twenty years later, he was still selling narcotics in Canton,” Bramlett stated. “We will not tolerate individuals pushing drugs into our streets and communities. I hope this sentence is a message and a warning for not only Mr. Manning, but anyone else who thinks that this is a good way to make a living.”
Manning will serve his prison sentence in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Officials did not confirm whether or not he would eventually be eligible for parole or early release.