Opinion ID: 1690710
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Heading: the death penalty is disproportionate punishment here given the circumstances of the crime.

Text: ś 128. Doss primarily draws the Court's attention to two cases in support of his proportionality argument. He contends that given the failure of the jury to find that Doss killed or attempted to kill Bert Bell, that the sentence of death is excessive. The cases relied upon for his issue here are Bullock v. State, 391 So.2d 601 (Miss. 1980) and Reddix v. State, 381 So.2d 999 (Miss. 1980) [48] . Bullock and Reddix are offered for the proposition that a death sentence is disproportionate against a non-trigger defendant involved in a capital murder case. [49] ś 129. The State contends that Doss's reliance upon Bullock and Reddix is misplaced because the language relied upon did not garner a majority of votes. The original opinion from Bullock is offered against Doss for what Bullock really stands for. In the case at bar [ Bullock ], there is no record of the aggravating circumstances and mitigating circumstances in the trial of Tucker, and it is not possible to determine what circumstances influenced the jury in its life verdict. The law is well settled in this State that any person who is present, aiding and abetting another in the commission of a crime, is equally guilty with the principal offender. Jones [James] v. State, 307 So.2d 549 (Miss. 1975); Bass v. State, 231 So.2d 495 (Miss. 1970); McBroom v. State, 217 Miss. 338, 64 So.2d 144 (1953). Bullock, 391 So.2d at 614. ś 130. In light of the restatement in Bullock about accomplice liability, coupled with the fact that Doss's jury found two of the four required statutory findings for a death sentence under § 99-19-101(7) and Enmund, the State submits that Doss correctly received the death sentence as supported by case precedent and the jury's findings. We agree that the sentence is not disproportionate to Doss's involvement in the crime in this case. Accordingly, this issue is without merit. See Davis v. State, 660 So.2d 1228 (Miss. 1995).