FLOWERS v. STATE

No. 2008-CT-00609-SCT.

51 So.3d 911 (2010)

Ronregus FLOWERS v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied February 3, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Virginia Lynn Watkins , William R. Labarre , Greta D. Mack Harris , Jacinta Hall, attorneys for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Lisa Lynn Blount , attorney for appellee.

EN BANC.


ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

DICKINSON, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. The defendant in this house-burglary prosecution testified that someone was trying to shoot him, so he ran to a house, broke in, and hid. The trial court refused his request to instruct the jury on the defense of necessity, the jury found him guilty, and the Court of Appeals affirmed.1 We find that Flowers's testimony...

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