State Of Louisiana v. Lionel Williams, Jr.

Supreme Court of Louisiana
February 27, 2024
Chief Deputy Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
STATE OF LOUISIANA
VS.
LIONEL WILLIAMS, JR.
No. 2023-KH-01170
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IN
RE: Lionel Williams, Jr. - Applicant Defendant; Applying For Supervisory Writ,
Parish of Assumption, 23rd Judicial District Court Number(s) 00-CR-000104, Court
of Appeal, First Circuit, Number(s) 2023 KW 0543;
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February 27, 2024
Writ application denied. See per curiam.
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02/27/2024 "See News Release 009 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents."

SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No. 23-KH-1170
STATE OF LOUISIANA
v.
LIONEL WILLIAMS, JR.
ON SUPERVISORY WRITS TO THE TWENTY-THIRD
JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ASSUMPTION
PER CURIAM:
Denied. The application was not timely filed in the district court, and
applicant fails to carry his burden to show that an exception applies. La.C.Cr.P. art.
930.8; State ex rel. Glover v. State, 93-2330 (La. 9/5/95), 660 So.2d 1189.
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. ar t. 930.4 and within
the limitations period as set out in La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.8. Notably, t he 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 liti gated 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.
02/27/24