Opinion ID: 1107727
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Heading Rank: 1

Heading: whether foster is procedurally barred from challenging his sentence.

Text: ¶ 6. The trial court was correct in noting that it had no discretion to consider Foster's ex post facto claim. The execution of orders issued by this Court is a purely ministerial act, and lower courts have no authority to alter or amend them. See, e.g., Miss. Comm'n on Judicial Performance v. Sanders, 708 So.2d 866, 874 (Miss.1998). Instead, Foster's claim should have been raised in a response to the State's motion to this Court under Miss. R.App. P. 27(a), or, in the alternative, in a motion for reconsideration of a motion under Miss. R.App. P. 27(h), or in a motion for rehearing under Miss. R.App. P. 40, after we granted the State's motion. His failure to do so bars his claim. In the alternative, his claim is without merit.