Case Name: STATE EX REL. Kevin BESSE v. STATE of Louisiana
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2017-04-24
Citations: 217 So. 3d 341
Docket Number: No. 15-KH-2297
Parties: STATE EX REL. Kevin BESSE v. STATE of Louisiana
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 217
Pages: 341–342

Head Matter:
STATE EX REL. Kevin BESSE v. STATE of Louisiana
No. 15-KH-2297
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
04/24/2017

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
1 denied. Construing relator's pleading as a bona fide motion for new trial, in accordance with its caption, it is untimely and the district court did not err in dismissing it. See La.C.Cr.P. art. 851(B)(3); La.C.Cr.P. art. 853(B). In the alternative, construing the pleading as an application for post-conviction relief, see La.C.Cr.P. art. 924(1) ("An 'application for post conviction relief means a petition filed by a person in custody after sentence following conviction for the commission of an offense seeking to have the conviction and sentence set aside."), it 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.
Moreover, relator previously exhausted his right to state collateral review. See State ex rel. Besse v. State, 14-2636 (La. 2/26/16), 184 So.3d 1272.