Skylar O'Kelly v. State of Mississippi

WILSON, J., FOR THE COURT:

¶ 1. In August 2014, Skylar O'Kelly sold or gave his friend Parker Rodenbaugh two "hits" of 25B-NBOMe, a controlled substance referred to at trial as "synthetic LSD." A few hours later, Rodenbaugh died from the toxic effects of the drug. O'Kelly was indicted for trafficking in a controlled substance and depraved-heart murder. Following a jury trial in the Oktibbeha County Circuit Court, O'Kelly was convicted on both counts and sentenced to concurrent terms of ten years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) for trafficking and twenty years…