Opinion
No. 2018-KH-2071
09-17-2019
STATE of Louisiana v. Morris J. GRIFFIN
ON SUPERVISORY WRITS TO THE EIGHTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF POINTE COUPEE
PER CURIAM:
Denied. Applicant fails to satisfy his post-conviction burden of proof. La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.2. 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.