In Re: Steve Hayes, Jr.

Supreme Court of Louisiana
November 08, 2022
Chief Deputy Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
IN RE: STEVE HAYES, JR.
No. 2022-KH-01017
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N RE: Steve Hayes, Jr. - Applicant Other; Applying For Supervisory Writ, Parish
of St. James, 23rd Judicial District Court Number(s) 4620, Court of Appeal, Fifth
Circuit, Number(s) 22-KH-216;
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November 08, 2022
Writ application denied. See per curiam.
PDG
JLW
JDH
SJC
JTG
WJC
JBM
11/08/2022 "See News Release 048 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents."

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UPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
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. 22-KH-1017
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N RE: STEVE HAYES, JR.
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N SUPERVISORY WRITS TO THE TWENTY-THIRD
JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ST. JAMES
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R CURIAM:
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enied. Applicant shows no lower court error.
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 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 mandato ry. 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.
11/08/22