Ford v. State

HAWKINS, Presiding Justice,

for the court:

Tommie Lee Ford appeals his conviction of perjury in the circuit court of the Second Judicial District of Bolivar County.

Because the indictment was fatally flawed, the court erred in not quashing it; and because there was insufficient evi*371dence on which to base a conviction, we reverse and render.

FACTS

Ford began part-time work with the Bolivar County Sheriffs Department and the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics as a confidential informant in 1988. Sheriff “Mack” Grimmett hired Ford as a contract agent with the Bolivar County Sheriff’s Department on…