IN THE SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI

NO. 2010-DP-01348-SCT

CURTIS GIOVANNI FLOWERS a/k/a CURTIS FLOWERS a/k/a CURTIS G. FLOWERS

v.

STATE OF MISSISSIPPI

DATE OF JUDGMENT: 06/19/2010 TRIAL JUDGE: HON. JOSEPH H. LOPER, JR. TRIAL COURT ATTORNEYS: ALISON R. STEINER ANDRE de GRUY RAY CHARLES CARTER DOUG EVANS CLYDE HILL COURT FROM WHICH APPEALED: MONTGOMERY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANT: OFFICE OF STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER BY: ALISON R. STEINER SHERI LYNN JOHNSON KEIR M. WEYBLE ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE: OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL BY: MELANIE THOMAS CAMERON BENTON BRAD SMITH JASON L. DAVIS DISTRICT ATTORNEY: DOUG EVANS NATURE OF THE CASE: CRIMINAL - DEATH PENALTY - DIRECT APPEAL DISPOSITION: REVERSED AND REMANDED - 08/29/2019 MOTION FOR REHEARING FILED: MANDATE ISSUED:

ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

EN BANC.

COLEMAN, JUSTICE, FOR THE COURT: ¶1. On June 21, 2019, the Supreme Court of the United States reversed this Court’s

judgment in Flowers v. State, 240 So. 3d 1082 (Miss. 2017), and remanded the case to this

Court for further proceedings not inconsistent with its opinion. Flowers v. Mississippi, 139 S. Ct. 2228, 2235 (2019). In accordance with the Supreme Court’s opinion, we reverse the

circuit court’s judgment of conviction and sentence and remand the case to the circuit court

for a new trial consistent with the Supreme Court’s opinion.

¶2. REVERSED AND REMANDED.

RANDOLPH, C.J., KITCHENS AND KING, P.JJ., MAXWELL, BEAM, CHAMBERLIN, ISHEE AND GRIFFIS, JJ., CONCUR.

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