Heffernan v. State

645 S.W.2d 666 (1983)

278 Ark. 325

Robert Richard HEFFERNAN, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

No. CR81-82.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

February 7, 1983.

Andrew L. Clark, Little Rock, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen., by Arnold M. Jochums, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.

HOLT, Justice.

A jury convicted appellant of capital felony murder [Ark.Stat.Ann. § 41-1501(1)(a) (Repl.1977)] and fixed his punishment at life imprisonment without parole. The state adduced evidence that the victim, a fourteen year old girl, was abducted from a laundromat in Benton, Arkansas, raped and shot…