State Of Louisiana v. Justin Charles Singleton

Supreme Court of Louisiana
September 27, 2021
Second Deputy Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
STATE OF LOUISIANA
VS.
JUSTIN CHARLES SINGLETON
No. 2021-KP-00325
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IN R
E: Justin Singleton - Applicant Defendant; Applying For Supervisory Writ,
Parish of St. Landry, 27th Judicial District Court Number(s) 03-K-0963-D, Court of
Appeal, Third Circuit, Number(s) KW 19-00027;
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September 27, 2021
Writ application denied. See per curiam.
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09/27/21
S
UPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No
. 21-KP-0325
S
TATE OF LOUISIANA
v.
J
USTIN CHARLES SINGLETON
O
N SUPERVISORY WRITS TO THE TWENTY-SEVENTH
JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ST. LANDRY
PE
R CURIAM:
D
enied. Applicant fails to satisfy his post-conviction burden of proof.
La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.2; see also State v. Pierre , 13-0873 (La. 10/15/13), 125 So.3d
403; State v. Conway, 01-2808 (La. 4/12/02), 816 So.2d 290. Applicant also shows
no entitlement to DNA testing. See La.C.Cr.P. art. 926.1.
Applicant has now fully litigated 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. 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 applie s, applicant has exhausted his right to state collateral
review. The district court is ordered to record a minute entry consistent with this
per curiam.