State Of Louisiana v. Christopher Johnson

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.
CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON
No. 2023-KP-01174
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IN RE
: Christopher Johnson - Applicant Defendant; Applying For Supervisory Writ,
Parish of Tangipahoa, 21st Judicial District Court Number(s) 98313, Court of
Appeal, First Circuit, Number(s) 2023 KW 0461;
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January 17, 2024
Writ application denied. See per curiam.
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01/17/2024 "See News Release 002 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents."

SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No. 23-KP-1174
STATE OF LOUISIANA
v.
CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON
ON SUPERVISORY WRITS TO THE TWENTY-FIRST
JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF TANGIPAHOA
PER CURIAM:
Denied. The application was no t 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 f or 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 litiga ted in
accord with La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.6, and this denial is final. Hereafter, unless he can
show that one o f the narrow exceptions authorizing the filing of a successive
application applies, applicant has exhausted his right to state collateral review. Th e
district court is ordered to record a minute entry consistent with this per curiam.
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