Relatives of Jimmie "Jay" Lee look over the courtroom during the capital murder trial of Sheldon Timothy Herrington Jr., who is charged in Lee's 2022 death, in Oxford, Miss., on Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. (Antonella Rescigno/The Daily Mississippian via AP, Pool)

Defense attorneys and prosecutors approach Circuit Judge Kelly Luther during the capital murder trial of Sheldon Timothy Herrington Jr., who is charged in the 2022 death of University of Mississippi student Jimmie "Jay" Lee, in Oxford, Miss., on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (Antonella Rescigno/The Daily Mississippian via AP, Pool)

Sheldon Timothy Herrington Jr., who is on trial in the 2022 death of University of Mississippi student Jimmie "Jay" Lee, enters the Lafayette County Courthouse in Oxford, Miss., on Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. (Antonella Rescigno/The Daily Mississippian via AP, Pool)

Sheldon Timothy Herrington Jr., left, who is on trial in the 2022 death of University of Mississippi student Jimmie "Jay" Lee, confers with his defense attorney Kevin Horan in Oxford, Miss., Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. (Ashley Charles/The Daily Mississippian via AP, Pool)