State Of Louisiana v. Christopher Lee Griffin

Supreme Court of Louisiana
November 18, 2020
Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
STATE OF LOUISIANA
VS.
CHRISTOPHER LEE GRIFFIN
No.2020-KH-00638
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RE: Christopher L. Griffin - Applicant Defendant; Applying For Supervisory
Writ, Parish of Bossier, 26th Judicial District Court Number(s) 194,657, Court of
Appeal, Second Circuit, Number(s) 53,587-KH;
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November 18, 2020
Writ application denied. See per curiam.
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11/18/2020 “See News Release 044 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents.”

11/18/20
S
UPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No
. 20-KH-0638
S
TATE OF LOUISIANA
v.
C
HRISTOPHER LEE GRIFFIN
O
N SUPERVISORY WRITS TO THE TWENTY-SIXTH
JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF BOSSIER
PE
R CURIAM:
D
enied. Applicant fails to show that he was denied the effective assistance
of counsel during plea negotiations under the standard of Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984). As to the remaining claim,
applicant fails to satisfy his post-conviction burden of proof. La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.2.
Applicant has now fully litigated his application 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 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.