Case Name: STATE EX REL. Selvin Torres RODERIGUEZ v. STATE of Louisiana
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2016-12-16
Citations: 207 So.3d 1043
Docket Number: No. 2015-KH-1859
Parties: STATE EX REL. Selvin Torres RODERIGUEZ v. STATE of Louisiana
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 207
Pages: 1043–1043

Head Matter:
STATE EX REL. Selvin Torres RODERIGUEZ v. STATE of Louisiana
No. 2015-KH-1859
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
12/16/2016

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
| iDenied. Relator fails to show he was denied the effective assistance of counsel during plea negotiations under the standard of Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984). As to his claim that his plea was involuntary, relator fails to satisfy his post-conviction burden of proof. La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.2.
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 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.