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April 18, 2012

Murderer denied parole

A Grady County man convicted in 1980 for murdering his great-grandfather was denied parole at the March hearing.

Devery Lester Hogue, 51, had his case jacket reviewed by the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board and did not receive a favorable recommendation to advance to a phase two hearing for violent offenders.

Court documents show that Hogue fired three rounds at close range into his great-grandfather, Charlie Powell, as the older man sat in a living room chair. The shooting happened May 10, 1980, after Powell and Hogue argued about Hogue's drinking.

Hogue was raised by his great-grandparents, Ethel and Charlie Hogue, and had lived with them since he was seven years old. He was 19 when the murder occurred.

A psychiatrist who had treated Hogue from 1976 to 1979 told the court that Hogue was schizophrenic and experienced sociopathic tendencies.

In October, 1982, the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals upheld Hogue's conviction and life sentence for the murder. He is currently incarcerated at the Joseph Hart Correctional Center at Lexington.

Other Grady County inmates on the March docket and their results include:

• David B. Benton, serving 10 years for possession of controlled dangerous substance within 1,000 feet of park/school/minor under 12 years, incarcerated November 2008, received a recommendation to pass to a consecutive sentence.

• John L. Buckaloo, serving 3-1/2 years for second-degree burglary, incarcerated September 2011, was denied parole.

• Robert M. Farrell, serving 5 years with 2 years suspended for possession of controlled substance, incarcerated November 2011, was denied parole.

• Stephen R. Gray, serving 3 years for protective order violation, incarcerated May 2011, was denied parole.

• Douglas M. Sanders, serving 10 years with 8 years suspended for sexual battery, incarcerated October 2011, was denied parole.

• James A. Frenzen, serving 25 years for forgery after former felony conviction, incarcerated April 2004, was denied parole.

• Casey B. Glover, serving 3 years with 1 year suspended for domestic assault and battery by strangulation, incarcerated October 2001, was denied parole.

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