Opinion
No. 2019-KH-0867
01-22-2020
STATE of Louisiana v. Anthony J. WILLIAMS
PER CURIAM:
Denied. 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.
Johnson, C.J., would grant and remand and assigns reasons.
Weimer, J., recused.
Crain, J., recused.
JOHNSON, C.J., would grant and remand and assigns reasons.
Petitioner was apparently convicted by a non-unanimous jury verdict. Therefore I would grant this writ application and remand to the district court with instructions to stay the relator's application for post-conviction relief until the United States Supreme Court issues its ruling in the case of Ramos v. Louisiana , 2018-5924, ––– U.S. ––––, 139 S.Ct. 1318, 203 L.Ed.2d 563 (2019).