State v. Hudgins

STOCKARD, Commissioner.

Edward Hudgins, appellant herein, was charged in a two count indictment with the capital murder of Martha Fields and of Charles Berry, her son age six. He was found guilty by a jury of capital murder in the death of Martha Fields for which he was sentenced to life imprisonment without eligibility for probation or parole for fifty years, and he was also found guilty of murder in the second degree in the death of Charles Berry for which he was sentenced to imprisonment for life, the sentences to run concurrently.

At trial appellant was represented by a member of the staff…