Flowers v. State

Appellant James Flowers is an inmate incarcerated in the Arkansas Department of Correction. In 2016, he filed a petition for writ of mandamus in which he sought an order directing the prosecuting attorney to comply with a request that Flowers had made under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) for copies or access to evidence and documents that he indicated were related to the criminal investigation that led to his conviction in the case.1 After reviewing the prosecuting attorney's response to the petition, the trial court held that the request for the writ was moot and dismissed the…