Gearlson v. State

Sam Gearlson (a/k/a Geraldson) was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Hancock County on a charge of aggravated assault and sentenced to twenty (20) years in custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. He has appealed from the judgment and sentence and assigns seven (7) errors in the trial below.

On the night of December 26, 1982, Phillip Ladner and John Shaw were drinking beer in Mayberry's Bar in Northern Hancock County. Around ten o'clock the appellant entered the bar. He had been deer hunting all day and before he could order a drink, a fight broke out between…