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Date Created: 2023-10-24 00:06:48.814551+00
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STATE       OF     LOUISIANA                                                                          NO.    2023       KW      0866

VERSUS

WILLIE       THORNTON                                                                              OCTOBER         23,       2023

In    Re:              Willie       Thornton,               applying           for      supervisory                writs,          19th

                       Judicial          District            Court,           Parish            of    East        Baton         Rouge,

                       No.    11- 15- 0180.

BEFORE:                WELCH,     HOLDRIDGE,                AND       WOLFE,       JJ.

        WRIT           DENIED.           The        exception            to    the      procedural                bar     and      time
limitation              set     forth          in    La.     Code        Crim.         P.       arts.       930. 4      and      930. 8

shall apply only to a substantive claim of factual innocence and
shall       not         apply       to    any         other        claims          raised            by     the    petitioner.

See    La.        Code        Crim.       P.        arts.        926. 2( A) & (             B) .         Relator        failed         to
meet        his         burden           of     proof            on      his       factual                innocence             claim.

Therefore,              his     application                 for       postconviction                     relief      is      subject

to    the         time        delay       set        forth         in    Article                930. 8.       See         La.      Code
Crim.        P.        art.     926. 2 ( A) .               If    an     application                 for     postconviction

relief            is     untimely              under         Article              930. 8,            it     should           not       be
considered              on    the     merits.               See       State       v.        LeBlanc,         2006- 0169 (           La.

9/ 15/ 06) ,           937     So. 2d      844 (      per        curiam) .             Furthermore,                relator          has
exhausted              his     right           to    state         collateral               review.            See        State        v.

Thornton,              2022- 00074 (           La.     4/   5/ 22),         335    So. 3d          246 (    per    curiam).

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COURT       OF    APPEAL,         FIRST         CIRCUIT