Hogan v. State

Richard B. Adkisson, Chief Justice.

A Crittenden County jury found appellant, Fred Lee Hogan, guilty of capital felony murder and fixed his punishment at life imprisonment without parole. The information alleged that appellant had caused the death of Martha Marie Murray in the course of and in the furtherance of the commission of the crimes of rape and kidnapping. On appeal we affirm.

On May 25, 1982, the victim’s body was found floating in the Mississippi River near the Crittenden County bank. The body was badly decomposed. Positive identification was made by medical records. The autopsy…