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            COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT
 STATE OF LOUISIANA                                                                               NO.       2023     KW    0639

VERSUS

BRIAN       K.    ALLEN,       JR.
                                                                                              SEPTEMBER 25,               2023

In    Re:          Brian       K.        Allen,           Jr.,        applying          for       supervisory             writs,
                   21st        Judicial              District              Court,        Parish          of    Livingston,
                   No.       33820.

BEFORE:            GUIDRY,          C. J.,         CHUTZ AND LANIER,                    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
shall not
            only to a substantive claim of factual innocence and
                    apply to              any other              claims           raised         by    the    petitioner.
See    La.        Code  Crim.             P.  arts.              926. 2( A) & (           B) .        Relator        presents
NNnontestimonial               evidence"
                                                      regarding             La.     Const.         art.       I, §        17   and
La.     Code       Crim.           P.     art.        782        as
                                                                       they         existed            prior        to     their
amendment              in    2018.         These          allegations               and          the     nontestimonial
evidence          submitted              by        relator        have       no
                                                                                    bearing            on     his     factual
innocence          in       this        case.
                                       Accordingly, the                                 district          court       did      not
abuse            its        discretion   by   denying                                   the       application                  for
Postconviction               relief.

                                                                 JMG
                                                             WRC
                                                             WIL

  RT OF APPEAL,               FIRST           CIRCUIT

        EPUTY CLERK OF COURT
                 FOR THE       COURT