State Of Louisiana v. Derrick Walker Stafford A/k/ A Derrick Stafford

Supreme Court of Louisiana
May 20, 2025
Chief Deputy Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
STATE OF LOUISIANA
VS.
DERRICK WALKER STAFFORD A/K/
A DERRICK STAFFORD
No. 2024-KP-01025
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IN
RE: Derrick Walker Stafford - Applicant Defendant; Applying For Writ Of
Certiorari, Parish of Avoyelles, 12th Judicial District Court Number(s) 2015-CR-
190819-B, Court of Appeal, Third Circuit, Number(s) KW 23-00695;
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May 20, 2025
Writ application denied. See per curiam.
Griffin, J., would grant. See State v. Reddick, 2021-01893 (La. 10/21/22) 351
So.3d. 273. (Griffin, J. dissenting).
Guidry, J., would grant. See State v. Reddick, 2021-01893 (La. 10/21/22) 351
So.3d. 273. (Griffin, J. dissenting).
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05/20/2025 "See News Release 024 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents."

SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No. 24-KP-1025
STATE OF LOUISIANA
v.
DERRICK WALKER STAFFORD A/K/A DERRICK STAFFORD
ON SUPERVISORY WRITS TO THE TWELFTH
JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF AVOYELLES
PER CURIAM:
Denied. Applicant fails to show that he received ineffective assistance of
counsel under the standards of Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 104 S.Ct.
2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984) or United States v. Cronic , 466 U.S. 648, 104 S.Ct.
2039, 80 L.Ed.2d 657 (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.