Fitzpatrick v. State

Carley, Justice.

A jury found Roderick Fitzpatrick guilty of malice murder and aggravated assault. The trial court entered judgments of conviction on the jury’s verdicts and sentenced Fitzpatrick to life imprisonment for the murder and to a 20-year term for the aggravated assault. The trial court denied Fitzpatrick’s motion for new trial and he appeals.

1. The malice murder count of the indictment alleged that Fitzpatrick committed that crime “by cutting and stabbing” Victoria Flowers. Ms. Flowers was Fitzpatrick’s former girl friend and the mother of his child. Some months earlier, Fitzpatrick…