Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Torrey BROWN
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2015-10-02
Citations: 175 So. 3d 957
Docket Number: No. 2015-KP-0820
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Torrey BROWN.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 175
Pages: 957–958

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Torrey BROWN.
No. 2015-KP-0820.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Oct. 2, 2015.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
| denied. Relator fails to show he received ineffective assistance of counsel under the standard of Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984). Furthermore, his complaint regarding his- habitual offender adjudication is not cognizable oh collateral review. La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.3; State ex rel. Melinie v. State, 93-1380 (La.1/12/96), 665 So.2d 1172; State v. Cotton, 09-2397 (La.10/15/10), 45 So.3d 1030; State v. Thomas, 08-2912 (La.10/16/09), 19 So.3d 466.
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 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.