Matthew Nash, convicted of murder by a jury last month and given an automatic life sentence, received an additional 50-year sentence Thursday for three other crimes that were part of his conviction.

Circuit Judge Frank Vollor handed down the sentence for two counts of aggravated assault and one count of shooting into an occupied dwelling.

Nash, 30, was found guilty by a jury Feb. 25 in the 2007 shooting death of Justin Maurice Harris.

Nash’s half-brother, Anthony Trevillion, 31, and step-brother, Armand Trevillion, 28, were tried and convicted last year in separate trials. Each received life plus 53 years for their involvement in the killing.

The brothers received the additional three years because they were carrying the weapons, said Warren County District Attorney Ricky Smith, but authorities believe Nash was the leader of the group, and that he lured Harris out of the house and onto the porch where he was shot.

Nineteen rounds from an AK-47 plus one blast from a shotgun were fired at the house, at 1224 Grammar St. Besides Harris, two other men were at the dwelling at the time of the shooting, resulting in the aggravated assault charges. The men were unhurt.

Another of Nash’s step-brothers, Alonzo Trevillion, 35, and his cousin Rufus Armstrong, 32, also face charges in the slaying that took place around 3 a.m. on June 17, 2007. Their trial dates have not been set.

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Benjamin M. Rambo, 31, 1245 Mount Alban Road, Lot 24, avoided a jury trail Monday when he pleaded guilty to statutory rape of a child under 14.

Judge Isadore Patrick accepted Rambo’s plea and scheduled a sentencing hearing for 9 a.m. April 10.

Rambo was arrested Aug. 20.

Also in Warren County Circuit Court for the week ending Friday:

* John Andrew Burton, 17, 3749 Gowall Road, pleaded guilty to malicious mischief and was sentenced by Patrick to five years of probation, plus restitution and costs totalling $8,041,83; from an arrest Sept. 26.

* Adolph Carson, 34, 106 Kelly Circle, Apt. A, pleaded guilty to forgery and was sentenced by Patrick to 45 days in jail followed by five years of probation, plus fines and restitution totalling $3,685.34; from an arrest Jan. 17.

* Wade Carter, 20, 1135 Standard Hill Road, pleaded guilty to sale of a controlled substance and was sentenced by Patrick to seven years in prison followed by five years of probation; from an arrest Dec. 5.

* Alonzo Curtis, 27, 230 Curry St., pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine and was sentenced by Patrick to 12 years in prison followed by three years of probation, plus fines and costs totalling $2,322.50; from an arrest May 13.

* George Stanley Doyle, 20629 U.S. 80, No. 19, pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled substance and was sentenced by Patrick to three years of probation, plus fines and costs totalling $2,122.50; from an arrest Sept. 29.

* Laron Evans, 23, 1214 W. Magnolia St., pleaded guilty to false pretenses and conspiracy to commit a felony and was sentenced by Patrick to three years in prison followed by three years of probation, plus costs of $3,619.02; from an arrest Nov. 19.

* Latosha Denise Galloway, 30, 821 Speed St., pleased guilty to possession of a controlled substance and was sentenced by Patrick to five years of probation, plus fines and costs of $4,322.50; from an arrest April 19, 2007.

* Spencer Gabriel Griffin, 20, Baldwin Ferry Road, pleaded guilty to burglary of a vehicle and was enrolled in the Drug Court Program for a period not to exceed five years, plus restitution and fines totalling $2,522.50; from an arrest July 18.

* Jerry Lumpkin, 61, 535 Hutson St., pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and was sentenced by Vollor to three years in prison, plus $322.50 in costs; from an arrest May 28.

* Darquilla McDaniel, 24, 1950 Hope St., Apt, 8B, was found guilty of violating probation and was sentenced by Vollor to the Mississippi Department of Corrections Restitution Center in Flowood, plus probation for five years and fees of $190. McDaniel was arrested for credit card fraud in January 2005.

* Shandrick Falon Montgomery, 30, 1414 Spring St., pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine and was enrolled in the Drug Court Program for a period not to exceed five years, plus fines and costs of $1,622.50; from an arrest Dec. 14, 2007.

* Shannon Percy Smith, 23, 1519 South St., was found guilty of violating probation and was sentenced by Patrick to the MDOC Restitution Center in Hinds County followed by seven years of probation, plus costs totalling $7,796.69. Smith was originally arrested Jan. 20, 2003 for burglary of a business and grand larceny.

* Louis Charles Taylor, 21, 1004 Howard St., was found guilty of violating probation and was sentenced to complete the Drug Court Program and pay fines of $1,782.50; from an arrest Aug. 13, 2007.

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