Case Name: STATE EX REL. Alvis N. BAHAM v. STATE of Louisiana
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2016-10-19
Citations: 202 So. 3d 997
Docket Number: No. 2015-KH-1773
Parties: STATE EX REL. Alvis N. BAHAM v. STATE of Louisiana
Judges: HUGHES, J., would grant the writ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 202
Pages: 997–997

Head Matter:
STATE EX REL. Alvis N. BAHAM v. STATE of Louisiana
No. 2015-KH-1773
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
October 19, 2016

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
| t Denied. The application is repetitive. La.C.Cr,P. art. 930.4.
Relator has now fully litigated two 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 that 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 review. The District Court is ordered to record a minute entry consistent with this per curiam.
HUGHES, J., would grant the writ.