Anniston man sentenced to house arrest in manslaughter plea

Donovan Parchman

A 24 year old Anniston man was sentenced  to two years of monitored house arrest and three years of probation in connection with the  2011 death of an Oxford mam.  Calhoun County Circuit Judge Bud Turner sentenced Donovan Parchman, to just more than 10 years in prison, but placed him on probation and required that he remain under house arrest for two years with GPS monitoring.  If Parchman fails to meet the terms of his probation, the court could require him to serve the remainder of his 130-month sentence in prison. He is to travel only to work, church and his home.  Parchman pleaded guilty in june to a charge of manslaughter in the death of 18-year-old Christopher Davis. Davis died nearly six weeks after Parchman struck him in the head with his fist Sept. 28, 2011, causing him to fall and strike his head on pavement on Hickory Drive in Oxford. The argument began as a dispute over a dog.
Turner also ordered Parchman to pay $15,329 in restitution for Davis’s funeral costs, and gave Parchman credit for 204 days of jail time served while awaiting trial.