State Of Louisiana v. Richard F. Collins, Jr.

Supreme Court of Louisiana
March 28, 2023
Chief Deputy Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
STATE OF LOUISIANA
VS.
RICHARD F. COLLINS, JR.
No. 2022-KH-01771
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N RE: Richard F. Collins, Jr. - Applicant Defendant; Applying For Supervisory
Writ, Parish of Caddo, 1st Judicial District Court Number(s) 352,568, Court of
Appeal, Second Circuit, Number(s) 54,923-KH;
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March 28, 2023
Writ application denied. See per curiam.
Hughes, J., would grant.
JTG
JLW
SJC
WJC
PDG
03/28/2023 "See News Release 016 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents."

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UPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No
. 22-KH-1771
S
TATE OF LOUISIANA
v.
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CHARD F. COLLINS, JR.
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N SUPERVISORY WRITS TO THE FIRST
JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF CADDO
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R CURIAM:
D
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 suc cessive 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 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.
03/28/23