Opinion
No. 19-KP-1663
07-24-2020
STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TIMOTHY THIBODEAUX
IN RE: State of Louisiana - Applicant Plaintiff; Applying For Writ Of Certiorari, Parish of Lafourche, 17th Judicial District Court Number(s) 475003, Court of Appeal, First Circuit, Number(s) 2019 KW 0978; Writ application denied. See per curiam.
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BJJ
SJC
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Hughes, J., would grant.
Weimer, J., recused.
Crain, J., recused. Supreme Court of Louisiana
July 24, 2020 /s/_________
Clerk of Court
For the Court ON SUPERVISORY WRITS TO THE SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF LAFOURCHE PER CURIAM:
Denied. The application was not timely filed in the district court, and applicant 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. The application is also repetitive. La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.4.
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.