Opinion
NO. 2016 KW 1486
02-21-2017
STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CLYDE E. SMITH
In Re: Clyde E. Smith, applying for supervisory writs, 32nd Judicial District Court, Parish of Terrebonne, No. 600461. BEFORE: PETTIGREW, MCDONALD, AND CALLOWAY, JJ.
WRIT DENIED. Relator failed to meet his burden of proof on each claim, and he failed to prove that the outcome of the case would had been different had counsel performed differently at trial, sentencing, or on appeal. See La. Code Crim. P. art. 930.2. See also Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 694, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 2068, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984). Accordingly, the district' court did not err by denying the original and the amended claims for postconviction relief.
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COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT /s/_________
DEPUTY CLERK OF COURT
FOR THE COURT
Calloway, J., serving as judge pro tempore of the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, by special appointment of the Louisiana Supreme Court.