UPDATE: 7/1/15: 6:38 P.M.
The jury found Jasento Flowers guilty of felony murder and malice murder and four other counts.
Judge Howard Simms sentenced him to life without possible parole. The jury deliberated for just over an hour.
"I feel so relieved. I think I'll be able to sleep at night," said Bridgette Flowers' daughter Tearro Moore.
She testified Tuesday saying she witnessed Jasento shoot Bridgette in the face. Moore calls Wednesday afternoon's verdict fair and just.
Flowers was found guilty of malice murder, felony murder, and 4 counts of aggravated assault.
Prosecutor Jonathan Adams says one key piece of evidence was the surveillance video from Wal Mart, that showed Jasento punching Bridgette twice in the face eight days before the murder.
"It gave the jury a crystal clear image of the type of person the defendant was and is, the type of behavior he was capable of," said Adams.
The defense objected to the jury watching that video Tuesday, arguing that it had nothing to do with the murder charges.
"We felt it to be prejudicial to Mr. Flowers getting a fair trial for the charges he was here for," said Jasento's attorney J. Travis Griffin.
He tried convincing the jury that all five eyewitnesses conspired against Jasento, and made the story up. Even after the guilty verdict, he still feels the same.
"We came in here saying Jasento Flowers did not do it and we stand by that," said Griffin.
Tearro Moore says Bridgette's family told nothing but the truth on the witness stand.
"The truth is out. Justice was served. So I just hope everybody just takes it as it is and leave it alone," said Moore.
Judge Howard Simms said he remembers when Jasento Flowers sold drugs in the 90's and was sent to serve life in prison.
Simms told Flowers the state made a big mistake by releasing him on Parole in 2001
UPDATE 7/1/15 11:24 a.m.:
The jury is now deliberating, Sophia Danner-Okotie reports. The deliberation started around 11 a.m.
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Day two began not with testimony from the day Bridgette was killed, but evidence from eight days before.
Jurors watched video of Jasento Flowers punching his ex-wife twice and then walking away, a week before he was accused of killing her.
Flowers' lawyer tried to stop the video being shown, arguing that it didn't show a continuous stream of date and time.
But Judge Howard Simms overruled their objection.
The other woman in the video was Jamecia Williams. She testified Tuesday morning saying she and Bridgette were at the vending machine at the Wal Mart on Gray Highway.
She told the court when she looked back, Jasento charged towards Bridgette, threw two blows to her face, knocked her unconscious, and walked away without looking back.
Then testimony began from the night Bridgette was killed. Three people including Jamecia Williams, Bridgette's daughter Tearro Moore, and Bridgette's sister, told the court they saw Jasento shoot Bridgette.
But Jasento's attorney J, Travis Griffin says some of their testimonies were inconsistent with the statements they gave investigators after the shooting.
According to the state's witnesses, Jasento went on a shooting spree after he killed Bridgette.
Bridgette Flower's daughter, Tearro Moore, says after Bridgette was killed in the mini van at Macon's Trinity Place, she drove the car to her mother's house at Davis Homes, stating to the court "I was trying to get to a safe place."
Moore says when they arrived at Davis Homes, Jasento came driving by with his windows down in his BMW.
Griffin told the court in his opening statement on Monday, that Jasento's car windows did not work. Tuesday he brought out 3 witnesses to testify to that, two mechanics, and Jasento's sister.
Around 5 pm, all the testimonies were complete.
Flowers is charged with murdering his wife, Bridgette. on February 22, 2014
On Monday, the jury in Flowers' murder case was selected and heard opening statements..
In his opening statement, prosecutor Johnathan Adams started with the line, "If I can't have you... then no one can."
Jasento's attorney J. Travis Griffin countered that witnesses, 2 of them Bridgette's children, created a conspiracy to accuse the defendant of the murder. Griffin says Jasento loved Bridgette dearly and doesn't know how she was killed.
