State Of Louisiana v. Kimethia Coleman

Supreme Court of Louisiana
May 24, 2022
Chief Deputy Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
STATE OF
LOUISIANA VS.
KIMETHIA COLEMAN
No. 2022-KP-00473
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N RE: Kimethia Coleman - Applicant Defendant; Applying For Supervisory Writ,
Parish of Caddo, 1st Judicial District Court Number(s) 283,950, Court of Appeal,
Second Circuit, Number(s) 54,534-KW;
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May 24, 2022
Writ application denied. See per curiam.
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05/24/2022 "See News Release 024 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents."

SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No. 22-KP-0473
STATE OF LOUISIANA
v.
KIMETHIA COLEMAN
ON SUPERVISORY WRITS TO THE FIRST
JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF CADDO
PER CURIAM:
Denied. Applicant fails to show that she rece ived 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 her application for post-conviction relief in
state court. Similar to federal habe as 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 fina l. Hereafter, unless she can
show that one of the narrow exceptions authorizing the filing of a successive
application applies, applicant has exhausted her right to state collateral review. The
district court is ordered to record a minute entry consistent with this per curiam.
05/24/22