Case Name: STATE EX REL. Randy GUIDRY v. STATE of Louisiana
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2016-10-28
Citations: 203 So. 3d 219
Docket Number: No. 2015-KH-1679
Parties: STATE EX REL. Randy GUIDRY v. STATE of Louisiana
Judges: HUGHES, J., would grant the writ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 203
Pages: 219–219

Head Matter:
STATE EX REL. Randy GUIDRY v. STATE of Louisiana
No. 2015-KH-1679
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
10/28/2016

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
11 Denied. The court of appeal did not err in construing relator's filing as an application for post-conviction relief. See, e.g., Smith v. Cajun Insulation, 392 So.2d 398, 402 n.2 (La. 1980), The application was not timely filed in the district court, and relator fails to carry his burden to show that an exception applies. La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.8; State ex rel. Glover v. State, 93-2330 (La. 9/5/95), 660 So.2d 1189. In addition, relator's sentencing claims are not cognizable on collateral review. La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.3; State ex rel. Melinie v. State, 93-1380 (La. 1/12/96), 665 So.2d 1172; see also State v. Cotton, 09-2397 (La. 10/15/10), 45 So.3d 1030; State v. Thomas, 08-2912 (La. 10/16/09), 19 So.3d 466. Finally, the application is repetitive. La.C,Cr.P. art. 930.4.
Relator has now fully litigated his second 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 that article to make the procedural bars |2against 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 review. The District Court is ordered to record a minute entry consistent with this per curiam.
HUGHES, J., would grant the writ.