Hedrick v. State

Tom Glaze, Justice.

This Rule 37 appeal ensues from a murder to which appellant pled guilty on March 17, 1975, over twelve years ago. Appellant committed the murder of Louis G. Boyd during the perpetration of a robbery. He was charged with murder in the first degree pursuant to Ark. Stat. Ann. § 41-2205 (Repl. 1964), but he later pled guilty to capital felony murder under Ark. Stat. Ann. § 41-4701 (Supp. 1973), and was sentenced to life without parole. Appellant now seeks post-conviction relief based upon the argument that he pled guilty to capital felony murder, a crime with which he was…