Hendrickson v. State

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

The appellant, Patricia Hendrickson, stands convicted of capital felony murder. The State contends that appellant conspired with Norma Foster, a college dormitory housemother at Ouachita Baptist University, and Mark Yarbrough, a student, to hire Howard Vagi, another student, to kill her husband for $16,000.00. Vagi did in fact murder appellant’s husband and, upon a plea agreement, received a life sentence. Yarbrough was granted immunity from prosecution in return for his testimony. Norma Foster was convicted of first degree murder and was sentenced to life. Her…