Case Name: STATE EX REL. Huey RANDOLPH v. STATE of Louisiana
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2018-03-02
Citations: 237 So. 3d 497
Docket Number: No. 2016–KH–2170
Parties: STATE EX REL. Huey RANDOLPH
v.
STATE of Louisiana
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 237
Pages: 497–498

Head Matter:
STATE EX REL. Huey RANDOLPH
v.
STATE of Louisiana
No. 2016-KH-2170
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
March 2, 2018
ON SUPERVISORY WRITS TO THE CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ORLEANS

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Denied. Relator's sentencing claim is 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. Thomas , 08-2912 (La. 10/16/09), 19 So.3d 466 ; State v. Cotton , 09-2397 (La. 10/15/10), 45 So.3d 1030. As to his remaining claim, relator fails to satisfy his post-conviction burden of proof. La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.2.
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 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.