State of Tennessee v. Joey DeWayne Thompson

OPINION

in which JANICE M. HOLDER, C.J., CORNELIA A. CLARK and SHARON G. LEE, JJ., joined. WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., J„ filed a concurring opinion.

The defendant was initially charged with premeditated first degree murder and felony murder of one victim (Counts I and II in the indictment) and the attempted first degree murder of a second victim (Count III). He was found guilty of the lesser-included offense of second degree murder on the first count, a mistrial resulted on the second count, and, as to the third count, the jury acquitted the defendant on the primary charge but returned a guilty…