Case Name: STATE EX REL. Michael CLENNON v. STATE of Louisiana
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2017-05-26
Citations: 220 So. 3d 734
Docket Number: No. 2016-KH-0406
Parties: STATE EX REL. Michael CLENNON v. STATE of Louisiana
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 220
Pages: 734–737

Head Matter:
STATE EX REL. Michael CLENNON v. STATE of Louisiana
No. 2016-KH-0406
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
May 26, 2017

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
11 Denied. There is no error in the lower courts' rulings. We attach hereto and make a part hereof the district court's written reasons denying relief.
Relator has now fully litigated several 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 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 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 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.
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