Case Name: STATE EX REL. Trivenskey ODOM v. STATE of Louisiana
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2016-10-19
Citations: 202 So. 3d 984
Docket Number: No. 2015-KH-1708
Parties: STATE EX REL. Trivenskey ODOM v. STATE of Louisiana
Judges: HUGHES, J., would grant the writ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 202
Pages: 984–987

Head Matter:
STATE EX REL. Trivenskey ODOM v. STATE of Louisiana
No. 2015-KH-1708
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
10/19/2016

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Denied. 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's claim that he did not voluntarily waive his right to a trial by jury is unsupported. La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.2. We attach hereto and make a part hereof the District Court's written reasons denying relator's application.
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 bright to state collateral review. The District Court is ordered to record a minute entry consistent with this per curiam.
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HUGHES, J., would grant the writ.