Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Justin YOUNG
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2017-12-15
Citations: 231 So. 3d 619
Docket Number: No. 2016-KP-1003
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Justin YOUNG
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 231
Pages: 619–619

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Justin YOUNG
No. 2016-KP-1003
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
12/15/2017

Opinion:
ON SUPERVISORY WRITS TO THE CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ORLEANS
PER CURIAM:
h Denied. Relator's claim of ineffective assistance of counsel during his habitual offender adjudication 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. As to his remaining claims, relator fails to show he received ineffective assistance of counsel under the standard of Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984).
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 La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.4 to make the procedural bars against successive filings mandatory. Relator's claims have now been fully litigated in state collateral proceedings 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.