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FLOWERS v. STATE

No. 2009-KA-00387-SCT.

35 So.3d 516 (2010)

Raphael FLOWERS v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 27, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin A. Suber, Leslie S. Lee, Jackson, attorneys for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Stephanie B. Wood, attorney for appellee.

Before GRAVES, P.J., LAMAR and KITCHENS, JJ.

LAMAR, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. Raphael Flowers appeals his conviction of one count of statutory rape of a seven-year-old boy and sentence of thirty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Finding error, we reverse his conviction and sentence.

FACTS

¶ 2. Flowers was indicted on two counts of statutory rape1 and two counts of sexual battery,2 offenses...

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