Case Name: STATE ex rel. Richard LAY v. STATE of Louisiana
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2015-11-06
Citations: 181 So. 3d 693
Docket Number: No. 2014-KH-2549
Parties: STATE ex rel. Richard LAY v. STATE of Louisiana.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 181
Pages: 693–694

Head Matter:
STATE ex rel. Richard LAY v. STATE of Louisiana.
No. 2014-KH-2549.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Nov. 6, 2015.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
[ denied. On the showing made, relator is not entitled to reconsideration of his previously denied 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-cohviction procedure envisions the filing of a second or successivé 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 La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.4 to make the procedural bars against successive filings mandatory. Relator's claims have now been fully litigated in state collateral proceedings in accord with La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.6, and' this denial is final. Hereafter, unless relator 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.