State v. Sherrill

BILLINGS, Judge.

Jackie Sherrill was convicted by a jury of the second degree murder of George Oliver Wilkerson and his punishment fixed at twenty-five years imprisonment. Wilkerson was fatally shot while in his station wagon in front of the 49 Club, a beer tavern, in Iron County on the night of July 9, 1971. We affirm.

The defendant and two brothers, John Mills and Tom Mills, were jointly charged with the first degree murder of Wilkerson. Defendant’s motions for a severance and change of venue were granted and his trial followed in Crawford County.

Because of defendant’s challenge to the…