Case Name: Charles A. WATTS a/k/a Charles Arnold Watt a/k/a Ernest Eldon Wood v. STATE of Mississippi
Court: Mississippi Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Mississippi
Decision Date: 1999-08-12
Citations: 746 So. 2d 310
Docket Number: No. 1998-CP-01082-SCT
Parties: Charles A. WATTS a/k/a Charles Arnold Watt a/k/a Ernest Eldon Wood v. STATE of Mississippi.
Judges: BEFORE PRATHER, C.J., BANKS AND SMITH, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 746
Pages: 310–312

Head Matter:
Charles A. WATTS a/k/a Charles Arnold Watt a/k/a Ernest Eldon Wood v. STATE of Mississippi.
No. 1998-CP-01082-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
Aug. 12, 1999.
Rehearing Denied Dec. 2, 1999.
Charles A. Watts, Appellant, pro se.
Office of the Attorney General by Dewitt T. Allred, III, Attorney for Appellee.
BEFORE PRATHER, C.J., BANKS AND SMITH, JJ.

Opinion:
PRATHER, Chief Justice,
for the Court:
¶ 1. Charles A. Watts, a/k/a Charles Arnold Watts, a/k/a Ernest Eldon Wood, appeals the trial court's denial of post-conviction relief and raises the following issues for consideration by this Court:
A. Whether the second trial violated the appellant's constitutional right against double jeopardy?
B. Whether the trial court erred in allowing into evidence statements made by the victim?
C. Whether it was reversible error because the prosecution failed to provide discovery as ordered?
D. Whether the petitioner was erroneously sentenced as an habitual offender?
¶2. This Court finds that motion filed with the trial court was improper under Miss.Code Ann. § 99-39-7 (1994), which provides that:
Where the conviction and sentence have been affirmed on appeal . the motion under this chapter shall not be filed in the trial court until the motion shall have first been presented to a quorum of the justices of the supreme court of Mississippi, convened for said purpose . and an order granted allowing the filing of such motion in the trial court.
Miss.Code Ann. § 99-39-7 (1994). Here, the appellant did not obtain permission of this Court to file his motion in the circuit court.
¶ 3. Furthermore, the motion for post-conviction relief is barred under the statute of limitations, Miss.Code Ann. § 99-39-5(2) (Supp.1998), and the successive writ bar, Miss.Code Ann. § 99-39-27(9) (Supp.1998). In addition, the issues raised by the appellant were considered and rejected on direct appeal, and, therefore, are barred by the doctrine of res adjudicada, pursuant to Miss.Code Ann. § 99-39-21(3) (1994). See Watts v. State, 492 So.2d 1281 (Miss.1986). For all these reasons, the judgment of the Harrison County Circuit Court is affirmed.
¶ 4. AFFIRMED.
PITTMAN, P.J., SMITH, MILLS AND COBB, JJ., CONCUR.
BANKS, J., CONCURS IN RESULT ONLY.
SULLIVAN, P.J., CONCURS IN PART AND DISSENTS IN PART WITH SEPARATE WRITTEN OPINION JOINED BY McRAE, J.; and BANKS AND WALLER, JJ., JOIN IN RESULT ONLY.