State Of Louisiana v. Daniel Beckley

Supreme Court of Louisiana
March 15, 2022
Chief Deputy Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
STATE OF LOUISIANA
VS.
DANIEL BECKLEY
No. 2021-KH-01987
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IN RE: D
aniel Beckley – Applicant Defendant; Applying For Supervisory Writ,
Parish of St. Charles, 29th Judicial District Court Number(s) 17,560, Court of
Appeal, Fifth Circuit, Number(s) 21-KH-453;
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March 15, 2022
Writ application denied. See per curiam.
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03/15/2022

SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

No. 21-KH-1987

STATE OF LOUISIANA

v.

DANIEL BECKLEY

ON SUPERVISORY WRITS TO THE TWENTY-NINTH
JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ST. CHARLES

PER CURIAM:

Denied. Applicant fails to show that he received ineffective assistance of
counsel under the standard of Strickland v. Washington , 466 U.S. 668, 104 S.Ct.
2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984). Applicant also fails to show that the state withheld
material exculpatory evidence in violation of Brady v . Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83
S.Ct. 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963). As to his remaining claims, he fails to meet his
post-conviction burden of proof and/or the claims are repetitive. La.C.Cr.P. arts.
930.2; 930.4.
Applicant has now fully litigated his applicat ion 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

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application applies, applicant has exhausted his right to state collateral revie w. The
district court is ordered to record a minute entry consistent with this per curiam.