State v. Common

257 So. 3d 177
CourtSupreme Court of Louisiana
DecidedNovember 20, 2018
DocketNo. 2017-KP-1394
StatusPublished

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Bluebook
State v. Common, 257 So. 3d 177 (La. 2018).

Opinion

PER CURIAM:

*178Denied. The application was not timely filed in the district court, and relator fails to carry his burden to show that an exception applies. La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.8 ; State ex rel. Glover v. State , 93-2330 (La. 9/5/95), 660 So.2d 1189. In addition, relator's sentencing claims are not cognizable on collateral review. 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 State v. Cotton , 09-2397 (La. 10/15/10), 45 So.3d 1030 ; State v. Thomas , 08-2912 (La. 10/16/09), 19 So.3d 466.

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 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 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.

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Related

State v. Thomas
19 So. 3d 466 (Supreme Court of Louisiana, 2009)
State Ex Rel. Melinie v. State
665 So. 2d 1172 (Supreme Court of Louisiana, 1996)
State Ex Rel. Glover v. State
660 So. 2d 1189 (Supreme Court of Louisiana, 1995)
State v. Cotton
45 So. 3d 1030 (Supreme Court of Louisiana, 2010)

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