State ex rel. Alexander v. State

211 So. 3d 1153, 2017 WL 655913, 2017 La. LEXIS 299

• Court: Supreme Court of Louisiana
• Decided: February 17, 2017
• Docket: No. 2015-KH-2024
• Status: Published

Opinion

PER CURIAM:

| denied. Relator fails to show he received ineffective assistance of counsel under the standard of Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984). As to the remaining claims, relator fails to show that the District Court erred in finding them imper-missibly omitted from his earlier pleadings, see La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.4, and also fails to carry his post-conviction burden of proof, Cf. La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.2. We attach hereto and make a part hereof the District Court’s written ruling denying relator’s application.

Relator has now fully litigated his application for post-conviction relief in state court. Similar to federal habeas relief, see 28 U.S.C. § 2244, Louisiana post-conviction procedure envisions the filing of a second or successive application only under the narrow circumstances provided in La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.4 and within the limitations period as set out in La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.8. Notably, the Legislature in 2013 La. Acts 251 amended that article to make the procedural bars against successive filings mandatory. Relator’s claims have now been fully litigated in accord with La. C.Cr.P. art. 930.6, and this denial is final. Hereafter, unless he can show that one of the narrow exceptions authorizing the filing of a successive 12application applies, relator has exhausted his right to state collateral review. The District Court is ordered to record a minute entry consistent with this per curiam.

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