State Of Louisiana v. Christopher Bryant Goodley

Supreme Court of Louisiana
May 21, 2024
Chief Deputy Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
STATE OF LOUISIANA
VS.
CHRISTOPHER BRYANT GOODLEY
No. 2023-KH-01636
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IN
RE: Christopher Bryant Goodley - Applicant Defendant; Applying For
Supervisory Writ, Parish of Evangeline, 13th Judicial District Court Number(s)
102,417-F, Court of Appeal, Third Circuit, Number(s) KH 22-00814;
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May 21, 2024
Writ application denied. See per curiam.
SJC
JLW
JDH
JTG
WJC
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PDG
05/21/2024 "See News Release 024 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents."

S
UPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No.
23-KH-1636
STA
TE OF LOUISIANA
v.
C
HRISTOPHER BRYANT GOODLEY
ON
SUPERVISORY WRITS TO THE THIRTEENTH
JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF EVANGELINE
P
ER CURIAM:
De
nied. Applicant fails to show that 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). As to his remaining claims, applicant fails to satisfy
his post-conviction burden of proof. La.C.Cr.P. art. 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.
05/21/24