Opinion
No. 21-KH-0393
05-11-2021
STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KENTREAL JARBAR HOWARD
IN RE: Kentreal Jabar Howard - Applicant Defendant; Applying For Supervisory Writ, Parish of Terrebonne, 32nd Judicial District Court Number(s) 718291 C/W 744470, Court of Appeal, First Circuit, Number(s) 2020 KW 1102; Writ application denied. See per curiam.
WJC
JDH
SJC
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PDG
Griffin, J., concurs and would deny on the showing made.
Weimer, C. J., recused. Supreme Court of Louisiana
May 11, 2021 /s/_________
Chief Deputy Clerk of Court
For the Court ON SUPERVISORY WRITS TO THE THIRTY-SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF TERREBONNE PER CURIAM:
Denied. Applicant fails to show that he 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). Applicant also fails to show that the state withheld material exculpatory evidence in violation of Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963). As to his remaining claims, applicant fails to satisfy his post-conviction burden of proof. La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.2.
Applicant 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. Applicant'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, applicant has exhausted his right to state collateral review. The district court is ordered to record a minute entry consistent with this per curiam.