Opinion ID: 1944998
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Was the sentence rendered against Brown disproportionate and in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution and corresponding portions of the Mississippi Constitution?

Text: ¶ 38. Brown argues that his death sentence is excessive in relation to the crime for which it was imposed. Brown asserts that, considering his intent to commit the crimehis relative mental state and culpabilityhis sentence was disproportionate. We considered and rejected this claim on Brown's direct appeal. Specifically, we held that: After the death penalty has been imposed by a jury and submitted to us on appeal, we review its validity under four guidelines established by the Legislature. We must determine: Whether the sentence of death was imposed under the influence of passion, prejudice or any other arbitrary factor . . . Whether the evidence supports the jury's . . . finding of a statutory aggravating circumstance . . . [and] Whether the sentence of death is excessive or disproportionate to the penalty imposed in similar cases, considering both the crime and the defendant; and . . . Should one or more of the aggravating circumstances be found invalid on appeal, [we] shall determine whether the remaining aggravating circumstances are outweighed by the mitigating circumstances or whether the inclusion of any invalid circumstance was harmless error, or both. Miss.Code Ann. Section 99-19-105 (Rev. 2000). We have carefully weighed and examined these guidelines in the pages above, and after reviewing the entire record in this appeal as well as the death penalty cases listed in the appendix, we conclude that the sentence of death imposed upon Xavier Brown was not imposed under the influence of passion, prejudice, or any other factor. We also find that the evidence is more than sufficient to support the jury's finding of statutory aggravating circumstances. Additionally, the sentence is not excessive or disproportionate to factually similar cases. Lastly, the mitigating circumstances did not outweigh the aggravating circumstances of the crime, and the jury did not consider any invalid aggravating circumstances. We affirm the sentence of death for Xavier Brown. Brown, 890 So.2d at 922. Our previous ruling on Brown's sentence procedurally bars reconsideration of this issue.