Case Name: STATE ex rel. Tony RUSSELL v. STATE of Louisiana
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2015-12-07
Citations: 180 So. 3d 1279
Docket Number: No. 2015-KH-0472
Parties: STATE ex rel. Tony RUSSELL v. STATE of Louisiana.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 180
Pages: 1279–1280

Head Matter:
STATE ex rel. Tony RUSSELL v. STATE of Louisiana.
No. 2015-KH-0472.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Dec. 7, 2015.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
_JjDenied. Relator's motion for an out-of-time appeal is itself untimely, and he has failed to carry his burden of proof that an exception applies. See La.C.Cr.P. arts. 930.2 & 930.8; State ex rel. Glover v. State, 93-2330 (La.9/5/95), 660 So.2d 1189; see also State v. Counterman, 475 So.2d 336, 338 (La.1985).
Relator has now filed and fully litigated his application for post-conviction relief in the state courts. 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 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.