Copyright 2002 The Dallas Morning News The Dallas Morning News April 18, 2002, Thursday SECOND EDITION SECTION: PLANO MORNING NEWS; Pg. 9P LENGTH: 783 words HEADLINE: Jury acquits man of murder in Far North Dallas shooting SOURCE: Staff Writer BYLINE: MANOLO BARCO BODY: A Collin County jury acquitted a Mesquite man of murder Wednesday in the shooting death of a North Dallas man last April. The defendant, Ryan Naylor Palmer, 44, testified Monday that he shot Jimmy Lee Earley, 39, in self-defense because he feared for his life after the victim charged toward him in a menacing manner. Mr. Palmer...