Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Michael RICHOUX
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2016-05-20
Citations: 191 So. 3d 1026
Docket Number: No. 2015-KP-1360
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Michael RICHOUX.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 191
Pages: 1026–1028

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Michael RICHOUX.
No. 2015-KP-1360.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
May 20, 2016.

Opinion:
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). We attach hereto and make a part hereof the District Court's written reasons denying relator's application.
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.
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