Clerk of Court For the Court State Of Louisiana v. Robert Todd Griffin

The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
Clerk of Court
For the Court
STATE OF LOUISIANA
VS.
ROBERT TODD GRIFFIN
No.2019-KH-01362
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IN RE: Robert Todd Griffin - Applicant Defendant; Applying For Supervisory Writ,
Parish of Tensas, 6th Judicial District Court Number(s) 72,291, Court of Appeal,
Second Circuit, Number(s) 53,008-KH;
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August 14, 2020
Writ application denied. See per curiam.
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August 14, 2020
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08/14/20
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UPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
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. 19-KH-1362
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TATE OF LOUISIANA
v.
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BERT TODD GRIFFIN
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N SUPERVISORY WRITS TO THE SIXTH
JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF TENSAS
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R CURIAM:
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enied. The application was not timely filed in the district court, and
applicant fails to carry his burden to show that an exception applies. La.C.Cr.P. art.
930.8; State ex rel. Glover v. State, 93-2330 (La. 9/5/95), 660 So.2d 1189.
Applicant has now fully litigated his a pplication 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 that article to make the procedural bars against
successive filings mandatory. Applicant’s claims have now been fully litigated 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, applicant has exhausted his right to state collateral review. The
district court is ordered to record a minute entry consistent with this per curiam.