Opinion
2022-KH-01223
02-07-2023
STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KAYLAN MORRIS
IN RE: Kaylan Morris - Applicant Defendant; Applying For Writ Of Certiorari, Parish of St. John the Baptist, 40th Judicial District Court Number(s) 2016-CR-504; 2017-CR-144, Court of Appeal, Fifth Circuit, Number(s) 22-KH-291;
Writ application denied. See per curiam.
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ON SUPERVISORY WRITS TO THE FORTIETH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST
PER CURIAM:
Denied. By pleading guilty unconditionally, applicant waived all non-jurisdictional defects in the proceedings leading to his conviction. State v. Crosby, 338 So.2d 584, 586 (La. 1976). In addition, applicant fails to show that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel during plea negotiations under the standard of Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984).
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.