Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Sidney WILLIAMS, III
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2017-05-19
Citations: 219 So. 3d 1078
Docket Number: No. 2016-KP-0585
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Sidney WILLIAMS, III
Judges: Johnson, Chief Justice, would grant the writ application.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 219
Pages: 1078–1086

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Sidney WILLIAMS, III
No. 2016-KP-0585
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
05/19/2017

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
[i Denied. Relator fails to show the state withheld material exculpatory evidence in violation of Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963). As to his remaining claims, relator fails to show any factual issues of signifícánce are sharply contested and therefore fails to show the district court abused its discretion when it resolved his claims without an evidentiary hearing. La.C.Cr.P. art. 928; La.C.Cr.P. art. 929(A); State ex rel. Tassin v. Whitley, 602 So.2d 721, 722-23 (La. 1992). 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 accprd with La. C.Cr.P. art. 930.6, and this denial is final. Hereafter, unless he can |2show 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.
Johnson, Chief Justice, would grant the writ application.