Opinion ID: 1831577
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: the claim relating to the denial of walker's challenges for cause is procedurally barred by the doctrine of res judicata.

Text: ¶ 80. Walker next contends, again, that certain jurors should have been removed from the jury for cause because of their views on the death penalty. As he did on direct appeal, he relies on Morgan v. Illinois, 504 U.S. 719, 112 S.Ct. 2222, 119 L.Ed.2d 492 (1992). However, this claim was raised on direct appeal and decided contrary to Walker's position then. Walker, 671 So.2d at 624-26. This claim is nothing more than an attempt to relitigate a claim that has already been fully discussed and decided against Walker. The attempt to relitigate this claim is barred from consideration on post-conviction review. See Miss.Code Ann. § 99-39-21(3); Wiley, 750 So.2d at 1200; Foster, 687 So.2d at 1129, 1138,1140; Wiley, 517 So.2d at 1377. Unlike the bars of waiver and other theories, the res judicata bar is not subject to the cause and actual prejudice test. See Miss.Code Ann. § 99-39-21(3); Foster v. State, 687 So.2d at 1137; Gilliard v. State, 614 So.2d 370, 375 (Miss.1992). ¶ 81. Walker cannot relitigate this claim in this post-conviction review. Walker is not entitled to seek relief on this claim.