State Of Louisiana v. Reginald Lombard

Supreme Court of Louisiana
July 17, 2020
Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
STATE OF LOUISIANA
VS.
REGINALD LOMBARD
No.2019-KH-01543
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N RE: Reginald Lombard - Applicant Defendant; Applying For Supervisory Writ,
Parish of Orleans Criminal, Criminal District Court Number(s) 511- 148, Court of
Appeal, Fourth Circuit, Number(s) 2019-K-0563;
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July 17, 2020
Writ application denied. See per curiam.
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JLW
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07/17/2020 "See News Release 026 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents."

07/17/20
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UPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No
. 19-KH-1543
S
TATE OF LOUISIANA
v.
RE
GINALD LOMBARD
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N SUPERVISORY WRITS TO THE CRIMINAL
DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ORLEANS
PE
R CURIAM:
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rit denied. Relator shows no error or abuse of discretion in the district
court's dismissal of his claims. See La.C.Cr.P. arts. 930.4; see also State ex rel.
Glover v. State, 93-2330 (La. 9/5/95), 660 So.2d 1189.
Relator has now fully litigated at least two applications 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. Relator’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, relator has exhausted his right to state collateral
review. The district court is ordered to record a minute entry consistent with this
per curiam.