State Of Louisiana v. Charles Gray

Supreme Court of Louisiana
February 14, 2023
Chief Deputy Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
STATE OF LOUISIANA
VS.
CHARLES GRAY
No. 2022-KH-01461
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N RE: Charles Gray - Applicant Defendant; Applying For Supervisory Writ, Parish
of Ouachita, 4th Judicial District Court Number(s) 87F45518, Court of Appeal,
Second Circuit, Number(s) 54,880-KH;
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February 14, 2023
Writ application denied. See per curiam.
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UPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No
. 22-KH-1461
S
TATE OF LOUISIANA
v.
CH
ARLES GRAY
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N SUPERVISORY WRITS TO THE FOURTH
JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF OUACHITA
PE
R CURIAM:
D
enied. Applicant shows no entitlement to DNA testing. See La.C.Cr.P. art.
926.1.
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 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 agai nst 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 applic ation
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.
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