(AP) – A Pine Bluff man who was 17 when he was convicted of
capital murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole has been
re-sentenced to 25 years.
The Pine Bluff Commercial reported Saturday that 35-year-old Brandon Flowers
was re-sentenced as a result of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that sentencing
juveniles to life in prison without parole constitutes cruel and unusual
punishment.
Flowers was convicted in 1999 of the 1998 shooting death of Patrick Brown.
Police at the time said Brown and other men were gambling and that Flowers and
others had gone to the house to rob them.
Co-defendant Ervin Robinson was convicted of first-degree murder in the case
and sentenced to 40-years in prison. He will be eligible to apply for parole in
2026.
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