Opinion ID: 1809395
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 31

Heading: Failure of the indictment to charge a death-penalty-eligible offense.

Text: ¶ 77. Havard asserts that he has been denied his constitutional rights to notice and jury trial guarantees under the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution. This issue was raised on Havard's direct appeal and decided adversely to Havard. Havard, 928 So.2d at 800-802. Havard has not demonstrated a novel claim or a sudden reversal of law relative to these issues which would exempt a single one of these claims from the procedural bar of res judicata. In fact, Havard again relies on Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 476, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 2355, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), just as he did on direct appeal. Id. at 801. This Court previously found the issue to be without merit. The issue is now barred. Miss.Code Ann. § 99-39-21(3) (Rev.2007); see also Lockett, 614 So.2d at 897.