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State ex rel. Minor v. State

SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
Apr 2, 2018
319 So. 3d 198 (La. 2018)

Opinion

No. 2016–KH–2073

04-02-2018

STATE EX REL. Kevin MINOR v. STATE of Louisiana


PER CURIAM: Denied. Relator does not identify an illegal term in his sentence, and therefore, his filing is properly construed as an application for post-conviction relief. See State v. Parker , 98-0256 (La. 5/8/98), 711 So.2d 694. Moreover, relator's sentencing claims and his claim of ineffective assistance of counsel at sentencing 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 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 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.


Summaries of

State ex rel. Minor v. State

SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
Apr 2, 2018
319 So. 3d 198 (La. 2018)
Case details for

State ex rel. Minor v. State

Case Details

Full title:STATE EX REL. KEVIN MINOR v. STATE OF LOUISIANA

Court:SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

Date published: Apr 2, 2018

Citations

319 So. 3d 198 (La. 2018)