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    "judges": [
      "We agree: Harris, C.J., and Fogleman and Holt, JJ."
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      "Roger Dale HOBGOOD v. STATE of Arkansas"
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        "text": "Conley Byrd, Justice.\nAppellant Roger Dale Hobgood was charged with capital felony murder, kidnapping and burglary. The charges arose out of an incident on or about June 28, 1976, when appellant broke into the home of Bernice Thomas after using a rifle to run off the chief of police and the mayor. While in the home he killed Bernice Thomas and held captive his estranged wife, Brenda Hobgood, Shane Hobgood and Leanne Thomas. At the trial which started at the beginning of the day on January 12, 1977, and ended late in the evening on January 14th, the jury returned verdicts of murder in the first degree, kidnapping and burglary. The punishment for murder in the first degree was fixed at life in prison. The jury set the punishment at 3 years each for the kidnapping and burglary charges.\nAppellant admitted the killing of Bernice Thomas and placed his principal defense upon self-induced intoxication, Ark. Stat. Ann. \u00a7 41-207 (Crim. Code, 1976). The trial court instructed the jury as to the elements of the crime charged and told them that the State was required to prove every element of the crimes beyond a reasonable doubt. Then pursuant to Ark. Stat. Ann. \u00a7 41-110(4) [Crim. Code, 1976] the trial court told the jury that self-induced intoxication was an affirmative defense which appellant had to prove by preponderance of the evidence. For reversal appellant contends that Ark. Stat. Ann. \u00a7 41-110(4) (Crim. Code 1976) violates the due process clause of the Constitution of the United States of America. Appellant\u2019s principal reliance is upon the case of Mullaney v. Wilbur, 421 U.S. 684, 95 S. Ct. 1881, 44 L. Ed. 2d 508 (1975).\nWe find no merit to appellant\u2019s contention. Any doubts raised by Mullaney v. Wilbur, supra, were laid to rest in Patterson v. New York, 432 U.S. 197, 97 S. Ct. 2319, 53 L. Ed. 2d 281 (1977).\nWe have reviewed this 733 page record pursuant to Ark. Stat. Ann. \u00a7 43-2725 (Repl. 1977). This review shows that appellant\u2019s employed counsel were well prepared to try the lawsuit. We have reviewed those few objections that were made and sustained contrary to appellant\u2019s contentions by the trial court and have found no errors prejudicial to the rights of appellant.\nAffirmed.\nWe agree: Harris, C.J., and Fogleman and Holt, JJ.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "Robert C. Compton and Floyd M. Thomas, Jr., of Brown, Compton <3? Prewett, for appellant.",
      "Bill Clinton, Atty. Gen., by: Joyce Williams Warren, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "Roger Dale HOBGOOD v. STATE of Arkansas\nCR 77-60\n562 S.W. 2d 41\nOpinion delivered February 6, 1978\n(Division II)\n[Rehearing denied March 27, 1978.]\nRobert C. Compton and Floyd M. Thomas, Jr., of Brown, Compton <3? Prewett, for appellant.\nBill Clinton, Atty. Gen., by: Joyce Williams Warren, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee."
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