Case Name: STATE EX REL. Henry HICKSON v. STATE of Louisiana
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2017-02-17
Citations: 211 So. 3d 381
Docket Number: No. 2015-KH-1973
Parties: STATE EX REL. Henry HICKSON v. STATE of Louisiana
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 211
Pages: 381–381

Head Matter:
STATE EX REL. Henry HICKSON v. STATE of Louisiana
No. 2015-KH-1973
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
02/17/2017

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. Furthermore, to the extent relator contends his claim is jurisdictional, relator fails to show that the indictment was defective and thus fails to show that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to accept his guilty plea for armed robbery. See La.Ch.C. art. 305; see also La.C.Cr.P. art. 487.
Relator has now fully litigated five 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 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 he can show that one of the narrow exceptions | aauthorizing 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.