State Of Louisiana v. Charles Williams

Supreme Court of Louisiana
February 06, 2024
Chief Deputy Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
STATE OF LOUISIANA
VS.
CHARLES WILLIAMS
No. 2023-KP-01212
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IN
RE: Charles Williams - Applicant Defendant; Applying For Supervisory Writ,
Parish of St. Bernard, 34th Judicial District Court Number(s) 15- 02928, Court of
Appeal, Fourth Circuit, Number(s) 2023-K-0473;
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February 06, 2024
Writ application denied. See per curiam.
Hughes, J., would grant to order an evidentiary hearing.
Griffin, J., would grant to order an evidentiary hearing.
JLW
SJC
JTG
WJC
JBM
02/06/2024 "See News Release 007 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents."

SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No. 23-KP-1212
STATE OF LOUISIANA
v.
CHARLES WILLIAMS
ON SUPERVISORY WRITS TO THE THIRTY-FOURTH
JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ST. BERNARD
PER CURIAM:
Denied. 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); see also La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.2; La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.4.
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 circum stances provided in La.C.Cr.P. a rt. 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 lit igated 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.
02/06/24