Mistrial Declared In Case Of Molino ‘Underwear Robber’

May 2, 2012

A mistrial was declared due to a deadlocked jury in the trial of a Molino man accused of robbing a local pharmacy in 2010 while wearing underwear on his head.

The jury trial of Joseph Daniel Flowers, now 58, got underway Thursday on multiple charges including robbery with a firearm and several drug possession charges for the September 20, 2010, holdup of Scott’s Pharmacy on Highway 29.

The jury deliberations in the case began at 12:25 p.m. The jury was polled and found to be deadlocked at 5:15 p.m., and Judge Gary Bergosh declared a mistrial with the jury still deadlocked at 5:45 p.m.

The state will try to prove their case again in a new trail. Flowers is scheduled to be back in court May 24 for a docket hearing to set a trial date. in the meantime, Flowers remains in the Escambia County Jail without bond.

Flowers allegedly robbed Scott’s Pharmacy while wearing a bathrobe, slippers, yellow kitchen gloves and underwear on his head. His trial was delayed for months before he was declared competent to stand trial.

Pictured top: Joseph Daniel Flowers is detained by an Escambia County Sheriff’s Office shortly after the robbery of Scott’s Pharmacy in Molino. Pictured below: Scott’s Pharmacy in Molino was robbed September 20, 2010. NorthEscambia.com file photos, click to enlarge.

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14 Responses to “Mistrial Declared In Case Of Molino ‘Underwear Robber’”

  1. David Huie Green on May 4th, 2012 12:15 pm

    REGARDING:
    “So to you all that think the lawyer is getting him off. That’s just plain stupid. Even the best defense could not hide overwhelming evidence.”

    Actually, that’s exactly what a good lawyer tries to do with any evidence which would convict the client. If he or she can get the overwhelming evidence excluded from being presented in court, he or she can get a client off no matter how damning that evidence would have been. Many are quite successful at doing so.

    David for good lawyers

  2. ToAllTheSmartOnes on May 4th, 2012 1:17 am

    people. please..its just ignorant when someone is found guilty you all hop up & down with all the glory..But far be it if a jury has a hard time convicting someone that they are not without some doubt,,Its kind of hard when there is doubt…Most people with some sense of morals just cant have that hanging over their head”.That just.Maybe he didnt do it and they could possibly send an innocent man to prison for a very long time”..the evidence obviously isnt cutting it..Because i have no doubt what so ever that if the facts or evidence added up.They would have not deadlocked…So to you all that think the lawyer is getting him off..Thats just plain stupid..Even the best defense could not hide overwhelming evidence..Yes I agree with one thing someone said on here..only one thing..God Help Us All…Because most everyone commenting thinks he is guilty ..so end of story..Now they wanna bash the jurors and the system..WOW! if they convict everyone is all warm and fuzzy inside..But if they deadlock everyone gets all crazy an mad because they cant stand the fact that maybe they judged before they should have..Oh ANd FYI: i dont believe he was caught with drugs and weapon in hand,,get yr facts straight please..You dont know it all really even though i know you think you do..He was never caught with not one thing….He was accused! Do yr homewrk if yr gonna put your .02 cents in.At least make it seem your Smart…

  3. molinomom on May 3rd, 2012 4:39 pm

    His day is coming, just sit back and watch.He cant afford a high dollar attorney forever

  4. Janice on May 2nd, 2012 9:49 pm

    HMMMM, I reckon half of the jurors decided NOT to get their panties in a wad! HA!!!!!!

  5. KAE on May 2nd, 2012 8:13 pm

    For your information it was 4 jurors who believed he was innocent and 2 jurors who believed he was guilty.

    Unless you have seen the evidence compiled against him (which is all circumstantial) you have no business bashing him-sick of it. Move on to someone else-or get a life!

  6. You were not there on May 2nd, 2012 7:35 pm

    When accused, we are entiltled to be judged by a jury of our peers. As was the case with Mr. Flowers. Guilty or not, the prosecutor failed to prove the case. If you are dissatisfied with the outcome, your comments should be directed towards the prosecution, not the accused or the legal system.

  7. Sue H on May 2nd, 2012 7:03 pm

    this is one person wasting time and money really if you want to see messed up check drug court out I know a lady who has been arrested 10 times on that and still No Prison our courts are really a joke sometimes.

  8. friction against the machine on May 2nd, 2012 2:36 pm

    Who was this man’s attorney?

  9. David Huie Green on May 2nd, 2012 1:09 pm

    actually, we don’t know why the hold-outs refused to convict — or acquit.

  10. CD on May 2nd, 2012 12:10 pm

    Just one person can cause a wasteful miscarriage of justice. It’s the way our system works because idiots are allowed to serve on juries!

  11. GirlinGreen. on May 2nd, 2012 12:09 pm

    Dont understand how the “get away driver” can get 25 years and this jury is deadlocked?

  12. Mary on May 2nd, 2012 11:27 am

    OH GEEZZZ!!! PLZ!

  13. Jack on May 2nd, 2012 10:33 am

    This is our legal system at work. You are not guilty until a prosecutor can convince a jury that you did the crime. Doesn’t matter if you were caught with a gun and drugs in hands, have the victims testimony, etc. the prosecutor has to “prove” the crime happened. That is almost impossible since even though witnesses are sworn to tell the whole truth, they are not allowed to because it might “confuse” the jury. Juries are not allowed to consider what they know, only what is said in the trial which is stiricly slanted in the accused’s favor.

  14. JM on May 2nd, 2012 8:05 am

    This doesn’t surprise me at all, it only take one person and this is what happens.
    All this money down the drain because someone doesn’t think this druggie bank
    robber should be punished. That IS what it boils down to, someone does not
    want this poor man to pay for getting high on something illegal and going up
    to his local drug store, going inside, pulling a gun and telling the girls running the place to “Give him all their money and drugs or he won’t mind killing them”

    That is what is wrong with society today, NOBODY TEACHES PEOPLE THERE
    IS A CONSIQUENCE TO THEIR ACTIONS. WITH OUT THAT LESSON IN LIFE
    THERE IS NO REASON TO OBEY THE LAWS OR HAVE RESPECT FOR OTHERS, THEIR PROPERTY OR THEIR LIVES.

    GOD HELP US ALL!

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