Thompson v. State

Summary

The court affirmed Thompson’s convictions for malice murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. It held that the evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the verdicts, was constitutionally sufficient for a rational jury to reject Thompson’s self-defense claim and find him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. The court also held that Thompson failed to establish clear or obvious error in the trial court’s separate instructions concerning prior-bad-acts and prior-difficulties evidence.