Case Name: STATE EX REL. Joseph D. BLUEFORD v. STATE of Louisiana
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2017-04-24
Citations: 217 So. 3d 329
Docket Number: No. 17-KH-0356
Parties: STATE EX REL. Joseph D. BLUEFORD v. STATE of Louisiana
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 217
Pages: 329–329

Head Matter:
STATE EX REL. Joseph D. BLUEFORD v. STATE of Louisiana
No. 17-KH-0356
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
04/24/2017

Opinion:
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-