State Of Louisiana v. Ronnie Dominique

Supreme Court of Louisiana
October 31, 2023
Chief Deputy Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
STATE OF LOUISIANA
VS.
RONNIE DOMINIQUE
No. 2023-KP-00086
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IN
RE: Ronnie Dominique - Applicant Defendant; Applying For Supervisory Writ,
Parish of Lafourche, 17th Judicial District Court Number(s) 577982, Court of
Appeal, First Circuit, Number(s) 2022 KW 1075;
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October 31, 2023
Writ application denied. See per curiam.
Hughes, J., would grant.
Griffin, J., would grant.
JLW
SJC
JTG
WJC
JBM
10/31/2023 "See News Release 047 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents."

SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No. 23-KP-0086
STATE OF LOUISIANA
v.
RONNIE DOMINIQUE
ON SUPERVISORY WRITS TO THE SEVENTEENTH
JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF LAFOURCHE
PER CURIAM:
Denied. Applicant fails to show tha t 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 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.