Court Opinion

ID: 7764168
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-30 20:41:58.842608+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:27:55.040105
License: Public Domain

CALOGERO, C.J.,
would grant and assigns reasons.
Relator has filed an application with a claim based on facts “not known to him or his attorney” at trial. So the court can find the application time-barred only if the state demonstrates that “delay has prejudiced its ability to respond to the application as the result of events not within its control.” La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.8(B): Carlin v. Cain, 97-2390 (La.3/13/98), 706 So.2d 968. The district court should hold a hearing at which the state would have the opportunity to demonstrate that prejudice. If the state were unable to make such a showing, the district court would be able to review the merits of relator’s claim and rule as is warranted. See State v. Conway, 01-2808 (La.4/12/02), 816 So.2d 290.