State Of Louisiana v. Rhine Reynolds

Supreme Court of Louisiana
November 10, 2020
Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
STATE OF LOUISIANA
VS.
RHINE REYNOLDS
No.2020-KH-00884
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N RE: Rhine Reynolds - Applicant Defendant; Applying For Supervisory Writ,
Parish of West Baton Rouge, 18th Judicial District Court Number(s) 072-482, 1st
Circuit Court of Appeal, Number(s) 2020 KW 0316;
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November 10, 2020
Writ application denied. See per curiam.
JHB
BJJ
JLW
JDH
SJC
JTG
WJC
11/10/2020 "See News Release 043 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents."

Retired Judge James Boddie, Jr., appointed Justice pro tempore, sitting for the vacancy in
Louisiana Supreme Court District 4.
11/10/20
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UPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No
. 20-KH-0884
S
TATE OF LOUISIANA
v.
RH
INE REYNOLDS
O
N SUPERVISORY WRITS TO THE EIGHTEENTH
JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF WEST BATON ROUGE
PE
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 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 second or successive application
only under the narrow circumstances provi ded 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.