Case Name: STATE EX REL. Stephen M. WYATT v. STATE of Louisiana
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2016-01-25
Citations: 183 So. 3d 1282
Docket Number: No. 2015-KH-0847
Parties: STATE EX REL. Stephen M. WYATT v. STATE of Louisiana.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 183
Pages: 1282–1282

Head Matter:
STATE EX REL. Stephen M. WYATT v. STATE of Louisiana.
No. 2015-KH-0847.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Jan. 25, 2016.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
L Denied. Relator fails to show he was denied the effective assistance of counsel during plea negotiations under the standard of Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984). In addition, relator's defective charging instrument claim is without merit. La.C.Cr.P. art. 487; see also State v. Jackson, 04-2863 (La.11/29/05), 916 So.2d 1015.
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 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.