State Of Louisiana v. Jinel Sexton

Supreme Court of Louisiana
January 17, 2024
Chief Deputy Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
STATE OF LOUISIANA
VS.
JINEL SEXTON
No. 2023-KH-01178
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IN
RE: Jinel Sexton - Applicant Defendant; Applying For Supervisory Writ, Parish
of St. Tammany, 22nd Judicial District Court Number(s) 587039, Court of Appeal,
First Circuit, Number(s) 2023 KW 0500;
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January 17, 2024
Writ application denied. See per curiam.
SJC
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01/17/2024 "See News Release 002 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents."

SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No. 23-KH-1178
STATE OF LOUISIANA
v.
JINEL SEXTON
ON SUPERVISORY WRITS TO THE TWENTY-SECOND
JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ST. TAMMANY
PER CURIAM:
Denied. Applicant fails to show tha t he received 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). With respect to his remaining claims, he fails to
meet his post-conviction burden of proof. La.C.Cr.P. arts. 930.2.
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. 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.
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