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STATE      OF       LOUISIANA                                                     NO.    2023   KW     1007

VERSUS

LAWRENCE            CHAPMAN                                                     JANUARY    18,       2024

In   Re:             Lawrence     Chapman,          applying      for supervisory writs,                 19th
                     Judicial      District          Court,     Parish      of    East    Baton        Rouge,
                    No.     02- 97- 0648.

BEFORE:             GUIDRY,      C. J.,       CHUTZ AND LANIER,         JJ.

        WRIT         DENIED.         The      procedural        bars    set      forth     in    La.     Code
Crim.      P.       arts.
                             930. 4 and 930. 8 shall not apply if the petitioner
raises          a   substantive        claim        of   factual    innocence.            See    La.     Code
Crim.       P.      art.     926. 2( A).           Relator     failed    to      meet    his    burden        of
proof      on       his    factual     innocence         claim.     Accordingly,          the    district
court did not abuse its discretion by dismissing the application
for postconviction relief without holding a hearing.
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COURT      OF APPEAL,          FIRST      CIRCUIT

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            PUTY CLERK OF COURT
                    FOR THE     COURT