State Of Louisiana v. Jonah Wiley Mahurin

Supreme Court of Louisiana
January 10, 2024
Chief Deputy Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
STATE OF LOUISIANA
VS.
JONAH WILEY MAHURIN
No. 2023-KH-00829
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RE: Jonah W. Mahurin - Applicant Defendant; Applying For Supervisory Writ,
Parish of Plaquemines, 25th Judicial District Court Number(s) 19-1183 c/w 19-1184,
Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, Number(s) 2023-K-0282;
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January 10, 2024
Writ application denied. See per curiam.
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01/10/2024 "See News Release 001 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents."

SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No. 23-KH-0829
STATE OF LOUISIANA
v.
JONAH WILEY MAHURIN
ON SUPERVISORY WRITS TO THE TWENTY-FIFTH
JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF PLAQUEMINES
PER CURIAM:
Denied. Applicant fails to sh ow that he was denied the effective assistance
of counsel during plea negotiations 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 appl ication 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.C r.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 ful ly 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 r eview. The
district court is ordered to record a minute entry consistent with this per curiam.
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