The accused gunman in a fatal shooting near one of the city’s busiest intersections was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday, the maximum for manslaughter to which he pleaded guilty.

Separately, a longer sentence – 24 years – was meted out to a repeat drug offender authorities believe was a major dealer who was also ordered to pay $503,000 in fines and fees.

Lance Maniel, 25, 195 Countryside Lane, admitted responsibility in March for the Aug. 14, 2005, shooting death of Jarvis Donald, who was 22 and lived at 2607 Pearl St.

His plea was accepted by Circuit Judge Frank Vollor days before Maniel’s trial on a murder indictment was to start. Vollor ordered a presentencing report and, based on it, imposed the maximum.

A murder conviction has a fixed sentence of life without parole. Under state law, Maniel must serve 85 percent of the 20-year period before being considered for release.

Donald was shot about 7:18 p.m. as he was sitting in his car near Jubilee Exxon, 1215 Mission 66, police said. His car rolled across Clay and struck a pole, where it came to rest.

About 5 1/2 hours later Maniel turned himself in to police. He was charged with aggravated assault until Donald died the next morning at University Medical Center in Jackson.

District Attorney Gil Martin has said Maniel and Donald were members of groups that had been arguing with each other over a period of days.

The drug offender, Kevie Cory Davis, 321 Sunset Drive, Jackson, was convicted Monday in Sharkey County Circuit Court of possession of marijuana and possession of cocaine.

He received from Circuit Judge Isadore Patrick a 24-year sentence and a $500,000 fine on the cocaine conviction and a three-year prison sentence and a $3,000 fine on the marijuana conviction. The judge ordered the two prison sentences to run concurrently.

The conviction was Davis’ third and he was sentenced as a habitual offender, Martin said. People convicted as habitual offenders are not to be made eligible for early release from prison.

Davis had been &#8220dealing drugs on a regular basis,” including on college campuses such as Alcorn State University in Lorman and Mississippi Valley State University in Itta Bena, Martin said. Patrick’s order set a $75,000 appeal bond for Davis. The judge’s order also included a banishment of Davis from college campuses if he is released, Martin said.

Davis is from Cary, in Sharkey County, but he is well-known as an established drug dealer in multiple counties in the area, including Warren and Claiborne, Martin said.