State v. Flake

OPINION

FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, C.J.,

delivered the opinion of the court,

in which JANICE M. HOLDER and WILLIAM M. BARKER, JJ., joined.

The defendant, Christopher Flake, was indicted by the Shelby County Grand Jury on two counts of premeditated first degree murder for the shooting deaths of Mike Fultz and Fred Bizot. The facts surrounding the shootings were not contested at trial. Instead, the defense focused upon establishing the affirmative defense of insanity. See TenmCode Ann. § 39-11-501. The jury rejected the insanity defense, however, and found the defendant guilty on both counts of…