Case Name: STATE ex rel. Emanuel BROWN v. STATE of Louisiana
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2016-02-19
Citations: 184 So. 3d 672
Docket Number: No. 2014-KH-0453
Parties: STATE ex rel. Emanuel BROWN v. STATE of Louisiana.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 184
Pages: 672–672

Head Matter:
STATE ex rel. Emanuel BROWN v. STATE of Louisiana.
No. 2014-KH-0453.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Feb. 19, 2016.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
11 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). As to the remaining claims, relator fails to satisfy his post-conviction burden of proof and/or state cognizable grounds for relief on collateral review. La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.2; La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.3.
Relator has now fully litigated multiple applications 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 the 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 preview. The District Court is ordered to record a minute entry consistent with this per curiam.