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    Ronnie Ferrell - Florida




    Facts of the Crime:

    A witness testified that on April 22, 1991, Ronnie Ferrell and two co-defendants (Kenneth Hartley and Sylvester Johnson) approached the victim, Gino Mayhew, who was selling crack outside of his Chevrolet Blazer. The witness saw Hartley place a gun to Mayhew’s head and force him into the driver’s seat. Hartley sat in the back seat, behind Mayhew, and Ferrell climbed into the front passenger seat. The Blazer left at a high rate of speed, with Johnson following in a truck. On April 23, 1991, police found Mayhew slumped in the driver’s seat with five gunshot wounds – one shot to the forehead, three shots to the back of his head, and one shot to the shoulder.

    Ferrell was sentenced to death on December 17, 1993.

    Co-defendant information:
    Ronnie Ferrell and two co-defendants, Hartley and Johnson, were each charged and tried separately for the first-degree murder, robbery, and kidnapping of seventeen-year-old Gino Mayhew. Hartley was convicted and sentenced to death for the first-degree murder charge, and Johnson was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.

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    Death penalty sentence overturned

    JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A Duval County judge overturned the death penalty sentence of Ronnie Ferrell this morning. Ferrell was sentenced back in 1991 for killing Gino Mayhew. Witnesses testified in court that Ronnie Ferrell and two co-defendants, Kenneth Hartley and Sylvester JOhnson, approached Mayhew who was selling crack outside his car.

    Then witnesses say, Hartley placed a gun to Mayhew's head and forced him into the driver's seat of his car. Hartley at in the back seat, behind Mayhew, and Ferrell climbed into the front passenger seat.

    On April 23, 1991 police found Mayhew slumped in the driver's seat with five gunshot wounds, one shot in the forehead, three shots to the back of his head and one shot to the shoulder.

    Ronnie Ferrell and two co-defendants, Hartley and Johnson, were each charged and tried separately for the First-Degree Murder, robbery, and kidnapping of seventeen-year-old Gino Mayhew. Hartley was convicted and sentenced to death for the First-Degree Murder charge, and Johnson was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.

    Ferrell had an extensive criminal record at the time of the offense. Ferrell will be re-sentenced in Duval County.

    http://www.actionnewsjax.com/content...gWg.cspx?rss=1

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    Mr Ferrell was resentenced to life on December 9, 2010.

    http://www.floridacapitalcases.state...ils.cfm?id=148
    Last edited by JLR; 04-08-2011 at 06:06 PM.

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