Opinion
No. 21-KH-0010
03-02-2021
STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LEONARD WILLIAMS
IN RE: Leonard Williams - Applicant Defendant; Applying For Supervisory Writ, Parish of Orleans Criminal, Criminal District Court Number(s) 372-657, Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, Number(s) 2020-K-0415; Writ application denied. See per curiam.
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Supreme Court of Louisiana
March 02, 2021 /s/_________
Clerk of Court
For the Court ON SUPERVISORY WRITS TO THE CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ORLEANS 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). 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.