Case Name: STATE ex rel. Sheldon PARKER v. STATE of Louisiana
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2016-06-03
Citations: 193 So. 3d 1166
Docket Number: No. 2016-KH-0942
Parties: STATE ex rel. Sheldon PARKER v. STATE of Louisiana.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 193
Pages: 1166–1166

Head Matter:
STATE ex rel. Sheldon PARKER v. STATE of Louisiana.
No. 2016-KH-0942.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
June 3, 2016.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
JjWRIT NOT CONSIDERED. Untimely filed pursuant to La.S.Ct. Rule X § 5.
Relator has now exhausted his right to obtain 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 that article to make the procedural bars against successive filings mandatory. Relator has filed an application for post-conviction relief in the District Court, and the District Court's ruling denying relief is now 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.