Case Name: STATE ex rel. Lester JONES v. STATE of Louisiana
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2015-10-23
Citations: 181 So. 3d 676
Docket Number: No. 2014-KH-1615
Parties: STATE ex rel. Lester JONES v. STATE of Louisiana.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 181
Pages: 676–677

Head Matter:
STATE ex rel. Lester JONES v. STATE of Louisiana.
No. 2014-KH-1615.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Oct. 23, 2015.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
hNot considered. La. S.Ct. Rule IX § 6 ("An application for rehearing will not be considered when the court has merely granted or denied an application for writ of certiorari or a remedial or other supervisory writ.").
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 state collateral proceedings in accordance with La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.6 and the denial of relief has become final. Hereafter, unless relator 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.