Flood v. State

Summary

The Court affirmed Flood’s convictions for felony murder and possession of a knife during the commission of a felony. It held that the evidence authorized the jury to reject Flood’s self-defense claim, and that none of the challenged jury instructions constituted reversible plain error or cumulative prejudice. The Court also held that the prosecutor’s closing remarks about Flood’s drug use did not warrant a new trial because the trial court immediately instructed the jury to disregard the remark and any error was harmless.