State ex rel. Walker v. State, 253 So. 3d 1286 (2018)

Oct. 8, 2018 · Louisiana Supreme Court · No. 2017-KH-1203
253 So. 3d 1286

STATE EX REL. Hubert WALKER
v.
STATE of Louisiana

No. 2017-KH-1203

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

October 8, 2018

Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Madison, 6th Judicial District Court Div. B, No. 83,444; to the Court of Appeal, Second Circuit, No. 51,655-KH

ON SUPERVISORY WRITS TO THE SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF MADISON

PER CURIAM:

Denied. The application was not timely filed in the district court, and relator 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.

Relator has now fully litigated four 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 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.