Ferrill v. State

267 So.2d 813 (1972)

John Oliver FERRILL

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 46900.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 16, 1972.

Wade M. Baine, Gulfport, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Karen Gilfoy, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

GILLESPIE, Chief Justice:

Tried in the Circuit Court of Harrison County, John Oliver Ferrill was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to twenty years in the penitentiary. This Court finds no reversible error and therefore affirms.

The jury was justified in finding the following facts: John Oliver Ferrill and his co-indictee, Johnny Lynn Rettig, both…