State ex rel. Jordan v. State

183 So. 3d 493, 2015 La. LEXIS 2391, 2015 WL 7211067

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

| denied. Relator fails to show he received ineffective assistance of counsel before entering his guilty plea under the standard of Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984). In addition, relator’s sentencing claim is not cognizable on collateral review. See La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.3; State ex rel. Melinie v. State, 93-1380 (La.1/12/96), 665 So.2d 1172; see also La.C.Cr.P. art. 881.2(A)(2). Relator is not entitled to assert insufficient evidence claims as his unconditional guilty plea waived all non-jurisdictional defects. See State v. Crosby, 338 So.2d 584, 586 (La.1976). As to the remaining claims, relator has failed to satisfy the post-conviction burden of proof. See La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.2.

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 óf the narrow exceptions authorizing the filing of a successive application 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.