Case Name: STATE ex rel. Mozine JOHNSON v. STATE of Louisiana
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2015-10-02
Citations: 175 So. 3d 958
Docket Number: No. 2014-KH-2522
Parties: STATE ex rel. Mozine JOHNSON v. STATE of Louisiana.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 175
Pages: 958–959

Head Matter:
STATE ex rel. Mozine JOHNSON v. STATE of Louisiana.
No. 2014-KH-2522.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Oct. 2, 2015.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
L Denied. Relator is not serving an illegal sentence and is not entitled to relief pursuant to La.C.Cr.P. art. 882. See La. R.S. 15:301.1(A).
Relator has filed and fully litigated multiple, repetitive applications 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 nar row 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 been fully litigated in accord with La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.6. Hereafter, unless he can show that one of the narrow exceptions authorizing the filing of a successive application applies or that he is serving an illegal sentence, relator has exhausted his right to state collateral review.