Opinion
No. 98-KP-0468
September 18, 1998
IN RE: State of Louisiana; — Plaintiff(s); Applying for Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs; Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court, Div. "D", Number 264-728.
Writ granted; conviction and sentence reinstated. The trial court may not avoid statutory procedural bars by "reopening" post-conviction proceedings when it has earlier denied an application for post-conviction relief. State v. Ford, 96-2919 (La. 5/30/97), 694 So.2d 917; State v. Clayton, 96-1658 (La. 2/27/97), 687 So.2d 996; State ex rel. Lewis v. Cr.D.C., 571 So.2d 659 (La. 1991).
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KIMBALL, J., not on panel.