State Of Louisiana v. Antonio Merquis Harris

Supreme Court of Louisiana
April 04, 2023
Chief Deputy Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
STATE OF LOUISIANA
VS.
ANTONIO MERQUIS HARRIS
No. 2022-KH-01417
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N RE: Antonio Merquis Harris - Applicant Defendant; Applying for
Reconsideration, Parish of Rapides, 9th Judicial District Court Number(s) 325,997,
Court of Appeal, Third Circuit, Number(s) KH 22-00224;
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April 04, 2023
Reconsideration granted. Writ denied. See per curiam.
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04/04/2023 "See News Release 017 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents."

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UPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No
. 22-KH-1417
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TATE OF LOUISIANA
v.
ANT
ONIO MERQUIS HARRIS
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N SUPERVISORY WRITS TO THE NINTH
JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF RAPIDES
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R CURIAM:
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econsideration granted. Writ 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 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 mandatory. Applicant’s claims have now been fully litigated i n
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.
04/04/23