287 So.3d 905
Miss.
2019

CURTIS GIOVANNI FLOWERS a/k/a CURTIS FLOWERS a/k/a CURTIS G. FLOWERS v. STATE OF MISSISSIPPI

NO. 2010-DP-01348-SCT

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI

08/29/2019

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

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.