State Of Louisiana v. Lawrence Chapman

Supreme Court of Louisiana
May 07, 2024
Chief Deputy Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
STATE OF LOUISIANA
VS.
LAWRENCE CHAPMAN
No. 2024-KH-00220
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N RE: Lawrence Chapman - Applicant Defendant; Applying For Supervisory Writ,
Parish of East Baton Rouge, 19th Judicial District Court Number(s) 02- 97-0648,
Court of Appeal, First Circuit, Number(s) 2023 KW 0007;
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May 07, 2024
Writ application denied. See per curiam.
Griffin, J., would deny on the showing made.
Weimer, C. J., recused.
SJC
JDH
JTG
WJC
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PDG
05/07/2024 "See News Release 021 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents."

SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No. 24-KH-0220
STATE OF LOUISIANA
v.
LAWRENCE CHAPMAN
ON SUPERVISORY WRITS TO THE NINETEENTH
JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE
PER CURIAM:
Denied. Applicant fails to satisfy his post -conviction burden of proof.
La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.2.
Applicant has now fully litigated two applications 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.
05/07/24