Case Name: STATE ex rel. Debra Sue SCHJENKEN v. STATE of Louisiana
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2015-10-30
Citations: 178 So. 3d 555
Docket Number: No. 2014-KH-2414
Parties: STATE ex rel. Debra Sue SCHJENKEN v. STATE of Louisiana.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 178
Pages: 555–555

Head Matter:
STATE ex rel. Debra Sue SCHJENKEN v. STATE of Louisiana.
No. 2014-KH-2414.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Oct. 30, 2015.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
h Reconsideration denied. '
Relator has now fully litigated her 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 relator can show that one of the narrow exceptions authorizing the filing of a successive application applies, relator has exhausted her right to state collateral review. The District Court is ordered to record a minute entry consistent with this per curiam.