Frazier v. State

HUNSTEIN, Justice.

Van Lee Frazier was convicted of felony murder in the strangling death of his wife, Lorraine Hendrix Frazier. He appeals from the denial of his motion for new trial. Finding no error, we affirm.

1. The jury was authorized to find that Frazier had a history of beating, choking and torturing the victim. On the day of the murder Frazier made statements to a relative, to an officer who arrived at the crime scene and to police during custodial interrogation in which he admitted that he had strangled the victim to death; he claimed he did so to prevent her from using illegal drugs.…