Spencer v. State

This appeal concerns a crime committed by an inmate on the prison grounds in Parchman, Mississippi. The appellant, Ferrall T. Spencer, was charged with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. After a trial by a jury of his peers in the Sunflower County Circuit Court, Ferrall T. Spencer was convicted of the lesser included offense of possession of cocaine. Spencer was sentenced to three years in the Mississippi Department of Corrections, said sentence to run consecutive to any sentence he was then serving. Additionally, Spencer was fined $10,000.00 and was ordered to pay court costs…