Hutchins v. State

Fletcher, Justice.

Ricky Hutchins was convicted by a jury of the felony murder and the malice murder of his elderly cousin, Maddox, armed robbery, and theft by taking of a motor vehicle. The trial court sentenced Hutchins to life imprisonment for the malice murder, to a consecutive sentence of 15 years for the armed robbery, and to a concurrent sentence of five years for the theft by taking. The trial court did not sentence Hutchins on the felony murder conviction. Hutchins appeals.

The evidence shows that, on March 18, 1989, appellant and Anthony Howard spent much of the day baling and selling…