Judge declares mistrial

COLUMBUS - A mistrial has been declared in the case of a 19-year-old Columbus man charged in the January 11 shooting death of 14-year-old Anthony Lane after jurors said they were hopelessly deadlocked following 14 hours of deliberations. <br> <br> Muscogee Superior Court Judge John D. Allen said yesterday that Shawn Christoper Harris would be retried September 16. <br> <br> Nineteen-year-old Hosiea Sparks, also charged with murder in the case, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter under a plea bargain agreement and received a 20-year prison sentence. <br> <br> Police said the shooting came after a party was broken up for being too loud. An argument broke out between two groups of young men in a nearby grocery store parking lot and Lane was shot. <br> <br> Sparks testified that Harris first fired a handgun into the crowd, after which he then fired at least one shot.

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