Floyd v. State

Summary

The court reversed Floyd's convictions for felony murder predicated on possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, the merged felon-in-possession conviction, and the related weapons-possession conviction. It held that counsel performed deficiently by failing to request or explain the statutory self-defense defense applicable to felon-in-possession and by agreeing to an inadequate response to the jury's question about that defense. The evidence was constitutionally sufficient, so the State may retry the reversed convictions.