Shearer v. State

423 So.2d 824 (1982)

Jerry Randle SHEARER

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 53494.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 15, 1982.

Rehearing Denied January 5, 1983.

Morgan & Morgan, Clarence E. Morgan, III, Kosciusko, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Amy D. Whitten, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before SUGG, ROY NOBLE LEE and DAN M. LEE, JJ.

DAN M. LEE, Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Winston County[1] wherein Jerry Randle Shearer, appellant, was indicated, tried and convicted for the September 29, 1980, murder of Margie Bowie. The victim was slain…