State Of Louisiana v. Kedrick Johnson

Supreme Court of Louisiana
February 19, 2025
Chief Deputy Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
STATE OF LOUISIANA
VS.
KEDRICK JOHNSON
No. 2024-KH-01142
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N RE: Kedrick Johnson - Applicant Defendant; Applying For Supervisory Writ,
Parish of Orleans Criminal, Criminal District Court Number(s) 503- 317, Court of
Appeal, Fourth Circuit, Number(s) 2024-K-0444;
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February 19, 2025
Writ application denied. See per curiam.
Hughes, J., would grant.
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02/19/2025 "See News Release 006 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents."

SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

No. 24-KH-1142

STATE OF LOUISIANA

v.

KEDRICK JOHNSON

ON SUPERVISORY WRITS TO THE CRIMINAL
DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ORLEANS

PER CURIAM:

Denied. Applicant fails to show that the state withheld material exculpatory
evidence in violation of Brady v. Maryland , 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10
L.Ed.2d 215 (1963).
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.