Flowers v. State
| Docket Number: | 2010-DP-01348-SCT Linked Case(s): 2010-DP-01348-SCT ; 2010-DP-01348-SCT ; 2010-DP-01348-SCT ; 2010-DP-01348-SCT ; 2010-DP-01348-SCT |
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| Supreme Court: | Opinion Link Opinion Date: 08-29-2019 Opinion Author: Coleman, J. Holding: Reversed and remanded. |
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Topic: Death penalty direct appeal Judge(s) Concurring: Randolph, C.J., Kitchens and King, P.JJ., Maxwell, Beam, Chamberlin, Ishee and Griffis, JJ. Procedural History: Directed Verdict Nature of the Case: CRIMINAL - DEATH PENALTY - DIRECT APPEAL |
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Date of Trial Judgment: 06-19-2010 Appealed from: MONTGOMERY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT Judge: HON. JOSEPH H. LOPER, JR. Disposition: Convicted of murder. SCOTUS has directed the conviction be reversed and remanded to the Circuit court for a new trial. District Attorney: DOUG EVANS Case Number: 2003-0071-CR |
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| Appellant: | Curtis Giovanni Flowers a/k/a Curtis Flowers a/k/a Curtis G. Flowers |
OFFICE OF STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER: ALISON R. STEINER, SHERI LYNN JOHNSON, KEIR M. WEYBLE |
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| Appellee: | State of Mississippi | OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL: MELANIE THOMAS, CAMERON BENTON, BRAD SMITH, JASON L. DAVIS | ||
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| Topic: | Death penalty direct appeal |
| Summary of the Facts: | The U.S. Supreme Court reversed the judgment in Flowers v. State, 240 So. 3d 1082 (Miss. 2017), and remanded the case for further proceedings. |
| Summary of Opinion Analysis: | In accordance with the Supreme Court’s opinion, the circuit court’s judgment of conviction and sentence is reversed and the case remanded to the circuit court for a new trial. |
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