Robert Patrick Terrell v. State of Mississippi

MAXWELL, JUSTICE, FOR THE COURT:

¶ 1. In 2011, Robert Patrick Terrell-through his middleman Archie Nicholson-recruited Ricardo L. Hawthorne to record forged property deeds purporting to convey John McLendon's property to Hawthorne. Terrell and his coconspirators then used the forged deeds to fraudulently induce a timber company to buy the timber rights for $20,300 and, unbeknownst to McLendon, harvest his timber. A jury found Terrell guilty of timber theft, conspiracy to commit timber theft, false pretenses, and conspiracy to commit false pretenses.

¶ 2. Because the evidence was sufficient to…