Opinion
NO. 2010-DP-01348-SCT
08-29-2019
Curtis Giovanni FLOWERS a/k/a Curtis Flowers a/k/a Curtis G. Flowers v. STATE of Mississippi
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, Jackson
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, Jackson
EN BANC.
ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
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 , ––– U.S. ––––, 139 S. Ct. 2228, 2235, 204 L.Ed.2d 638 (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.