State ex rel. Fairley v. State, 239 So. 3d 290 (2018)

April 6, 2018 · Louisiana Supreme Court · No. 2017–KH–0121
239 So. 3d 290

STATE EX REL. Walter D. FAIRLEY
v.
STATE of Louisiana

No. 2017-KH-0121

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

April 6, 2018

ON SUPERVISORY WRITS TO THE TWENTY-SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ST. TAMMANY

PER CURIAM:

Denied. Relator fails to show he received ineffective assistance of counsel under the standard of Strickland v. Washington , 466 U.S. 668, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984). As to the vindictive prosecution and due process claims, relator fails to satisfy his post-conviction burden of proof. La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.2. The remaining challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence is repetitive. La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.4.

Relator 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. Relator'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, relator has exhausted his right to state collateral review. The district court is ordered to record a minute entry consistent with this per curiam.