State Of Louisiana v. Adam Batiste, III

Supreme Court of Louisiana
March 18, 2025
Chief Deputy Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
STATE OF LOUISIANA
VS.
ADAM BATISTE, III
No. 2024-KP-00834
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IN
RE: Adam Batiste, III - Applicant Defendant; Applying For Writ Of Certiorari,
Parish of Lafayette, 15th Judicial District Court Number(s) CR -141203, Court of
Appeal, Third Circuit, Number(s) KW 23-00543;
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March 18, 2025
Writ application denied. See per curiam.
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03/18/2025 "See News Release 010 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents."

SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No. 24-KP-0834
STATE OF LOUISIANA
v.
ADAM BATISTE, III
ON SUPERVISORY WRITS TO THE FIFTEENTH
JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF LAFAYETTE
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). 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.