Opinion ID: 1788387
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Heading Rank: 9

Heading: Jury Qualifications

Text: ¶ 90. Jordan next alleges that Miss.Code Ann. § 13-5-1, which requires jurors to be twenty-one years of age or older, deprives him of his right to a jury of his peers. Jordan was eighteen years old at the time of the murders. First, this issue could have been raised at trial and on direct appeal and is therefore barred here. Miss.Code Ann. § 99-39-21(1); Bishop v. State, 882 So.2d 135, 149 (Miss.2004). Second, Jordan cites no authority here in support of his claim. Because Jordan's petition fails to demonstrate cause and actual prejudice to overcome this bar, this claim is barred from consideration. ¶ 91. Notwithstanding the procedural bar, this Court has repeatedly rejected this argument, most recently in Howell v. State, 860 So.2d 704, 723-24 (Miss.2003), certiorari dismissed as improvidently granted, 543 U.S. 440, 125 S.Ct. 856, 160 L.Ed.2d 873 (2005), and has held the provisions of Miss.Code Ann. § 13-5-1 are constitutional. Therefore, this issue is without merit, and Jordan is entitled to no relief on this claim.