Johns v. State

255 So.2d 322 (1971)

Jerry L. JOHNS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 46581.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 6, 1971.

Guy C. Faggard, Pascagoula, for appellant.

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

GILLESPIE, Chief Justice:

Jerry Johns was convicted in the Circuit Court of Jackson County of arson and sentenced to ten years in the state penitentiary.

The state offered sufficient circumstantial evidence to make a jury issue as to the defendant's guilt. The defendant took the stand in his defense and gave an exculpatory version of how the fire occurred in…