Supreme Court of Louisiana, 2015

State ex rel. Reynolds v. State

State ex rel. Reynolds v. State
Supreme Court of Louisiana · Decided October 23, 2015
177 So. 3d 707; 2015 La. LEXIS 2274; 2015 WL 6443669 (Southern Reporter, Third Series)

State ex rel. Reynolds v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

|! Denied. Relator is not entitled to re-sentencing. See State v. Tate, 12-2763 (La.11/5/13), 130 So.3d 829, cert. denied, Tate v. Louisiana, — U.S.-, 134 S.Ct. 2663, 189 L.Ed.2d 214 (2014).

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 succéssive application ap*708plies, relator has exhausted his right to state collateral review.

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