Opinion
2023-KH-00667
10-03-2023
CLEVELAND BELL v. TIM HOOPER, WARDEN, L.S.P.
IN RE: Cleveland Bell - Applicant Plaintiff; Applying For Supervisory Writ, Parish of Jefferson, 24th Judicial District Court Number(s) 95-6518, Court of Appeal, Fifth Circuit, Number(s) 23-KH-158;
PER CURIAM
Writ application denied. See per curiam.
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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.
Applicant has now fully litigated several applications 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.