Ferrell v. State

Clarke, Chief Justice.

This is a death penalty case. The defendant, Eric Lynn Ferrell, was convicted by a jury for the murder of his grandmother and his cousin, and for the offenses of armed robbery and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He was given the death penalty for each of the murders. This is his appeal.

1. The defendant spent the night of December 29-30, 1987 at his grandmother’s house. He left early that morning. Shortly before noon, another relative stopped by the house and found the bodies of the defendant’s grandmother and cousin in a bedroom. Both victims had been shot…