Case Name: STATE ex rel. Reginald PAYNE v. STATE of Louisiana
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2016-05-02
Citations: 189 So. 3d 1056
Docket Number: No. 2015-KH-1178
Parties: STATE ex rel. Reginald PAYNE v. STATE of Louisiana.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 189
Pages: 1056–1056

Head Matter:
STATE ex rel. Reginald PAYNE v. STATE of Louisiana.
No. 2015-KH-1178.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
May 2, 2016.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
h 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. Cotton, 09-2397 (La.10/15/10), 45 So.3d 1030.
Relator has now fully litigated at least 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.