Curtis Flowers conviction officially reversed

JACKSON (WCBI) -The process of a possible 7th trial for Curtis Flowers is underway.

The Mississippi Supreme Court Thursday accepted the U.S. Supreme Courts decision to reverse his capital murder conviction.

Flowers was charged with the 1996 murders of four people at a Winona furniture store. He has been tried on the charges six times with each conviction being reversed for various reasons.

The Thursday ruling meant the case will officially be returned to the Montgomery County circuit court and District attorney Doug Evans.

That will happen September 19 if there are no appeals of the case.  Once that happens hearings and motions connected to the new trial can be filed.

The possibility also exists that the district attorney could decide not to try the case again or work out a plea arrangement.