Curtis Giovanni Flowers v. State of Mississippi

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.