Clerk of Court For the Court State Of Louisiana v. John Ryan Stephens

The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
Clerk of Court
For the Court
STATE OF LOUISIANA
VS.
JOHN RYAN STEPHENS
No.2020-KP-01112
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IN RE: John Ryan Stephens - Applicant Defendant; Applying For Supervisory Writ,
Parish of Ascension, 23rd Judicial District Court Number(s) 12717, 1st Circuit Court
of Appeal, Number(s) 2020-KW-0499;
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February 09, 2021
Writ application denied. See per curiam.
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Supreme Court of Louisiana
February 09, 2021
02/09/2021 "See News Release 006 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents.”

02/09/21
SUPRE
ME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No.
20-KP-1112
STA
TE OF LOUISIANA
v.
JO
HN RYAN STEPHENS
ON S
UPERVISORY WRITS TO THE TWENTY-THIRD
JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ASCENSION
PER CURI
AM:
De
nied. Applicant’s conviction and sentence are final, and he fails to show
that his application was timely filed in the district court or that an exception to the
time limitation 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 narr ow 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.