Supreme Court of Louisiana, 2017

State ex rel. Blueford v. State

State ex rel. Blueford v. State
Supreme Court of Louisiana · Decided April 24, 2017
217 So. 3d 329; 2017 WL 1459521; 2017 La. LEXIS 842 (Southern Reporter, Third Series)

State ex rel. Blueford v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM:

|;WRIT NOT CONSIDERED. Untimely filed pursuant to La.S.Ct.R. X § 5.

Relator has now exhausted his right to obtain 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 has filed an application for post-conviction relief in the district court, and the district court’s ruling deny-

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