Hagans v. State

BELCHER, Commissioner.

The appellant, Edward Otho Hagans, and Elsie Marie Hagans, alias Elsie Marie Milner, were jointly indicted and tried for the murder of Zoura F. Hagans. Upon conviction, the death penalty was assessed against the appellant (life imprisonment was assessed against his companion) and he alone appeals.

The evidence introduced by the state reveals that the appellant is guilty of the violent, cruel and brutal murder of Zoura F. Hagans by beating her with some unknown instrument and by shooting her with a pistol. The voluntary written statements made and signed by the appellant…