Opinion ID: 1614209
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 8

Heading: Petitioner was denied his rights guaranteed by the Fifth, Sixth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the federal Constitution and Mississippi law due to the cumulative effect of the errors at trial.

Text: ¶ 22. This Court previously has found: King argues that the aggregate of errors in this case requires reversal of his death sentence. This Court's review of death penalty cases takes into account the aggregate effect of the variety of errors that appear in a capital sentencing trial. Flowers v. State, 842 So.2d 531 (Miss.2003). This Court may reverse a sentence based upon the cumulative effect of errors that, by themselves, do not independently require a reversal. Jenkins v. State, 607 So.2d 1171, 1183-84 (Miss.1992). A review of the record, the briefs, and the arguments shows that there were no individual errors which required reversal and that there is no aggregate collection of minor errors that would, as a whole, mandate a reversal of either the conviction or sentence. Therefore, this issue is without merit. King, 960 So.2d at 447. Therefore, King is procedurally barred from reasserting this issue. See Miss.Code Ann. § 99-39-21(3) (Rev.2007). Notwithstanding the procedural bar, as we have found no error, there is no cumulative error and this issue is without merit.
¶ 23. King asserts that the aggravating circumstance of a murder for hire resulted in petitioner's capital murder conviction and the imposition of a disproportionate sentence. However, this was not a murder-for-hire case. Therefore, this issue is without merit.