Case Name: STATE ex rel. Willie BERRY v. STATE of Louisiana
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2016-03-04
Citations: 185 So. 3d 727
Docket Number: No. 2015-KH-1006
Parties: STATE ex rel. Willie BERRY v. STATE of Louisiana.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 185
Pages: 727–727

Head Matter:
STATE ex rel. Willie BERRY v. STATE of Louisiana.
No. 2015-KH-1006.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
March 4, 2016.

Opinion:
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 at least two 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 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 Legislating 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. 9|30.6, 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.