Case Name: STATE ex rel. Daniel OTT v. STATE of Louisiana
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2015-11-06
Citations: 181 So. 3d 697
Docket Number: No. 2015-KH-0230
Parties: STATE ex rel. Daniel OTT v. STATE of Louisiana.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 181
Pages: 697–697

Head Matter:
STATE ex rel. Daniel OTT v. STATE of Louisiana.
No. 2015-KH-0230.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Nov. 6, 2015.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
1 t Denied. Relator fails to show the district court erred when it found his claims were fully litigated on appeal, see La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.4(A), and/or not cognizable on collateral review. See La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.3; State ex rel. Melinie v. State, 93-1380 (La.1/12/96), 665 So.2d 1172.
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. The District Court is ordered to record a minute entry consistent with this per curiam.