State v. Estes

260 So. 3d 1209
CourtSupreme Court of Louisiana
DecidedJanuary 14, 2019
DocketNo. 2017-KP-1654
StatusPublished

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Bluebook
State v. Estes, 260 So. 3d 1209 (La. 2019).

Opinion

PER CURIAM:

Denied. Relator fails to show that she 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).

Relator has now fully litigated her 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 she can show that one of the narrow exceptions authorizing the filing of a successive application applies, relator has exhausted her right to state collateral *1210review. The district court is ordered to record a minute entry consistent with this per curiam.

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Strickland v. Washington
466 U.S. 668 (Supreme Court, 1984)

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