Flowers v. Mississippi
Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari granted, judgment vacated and case remanded for further consideration in light of Foster v. Chatman on June 20, 2016
Issue
(1) Whether compelling a defendant to stand trial six times on the same charges, where three judgments were reversed due to prosecutorial misconduct and two other trials ended with hung juries, violates the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment or the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment; and (2) whether a prosecutor's history of adjudicated purposeful race discrimination must be considered when assessing the credibility of his proffered explanations for peremptory strikes against minority prospective jurors.
Recommended Citation: Flowers v. Mississippi, SCOTUSblog, https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/flowers-v-mississippi/