State Of Louisiana v. Robert Cardell Flowers

Supreme Court of Louisiana
June 03, 2025
Chief Deputy Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
STATE OF LOUISIANA
VS.
ROBERT CARDELL FLOWERS
No. 2024-KP-01303
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RE: Robert Cardell Flowers - Applicant Defendant; Applying For Supervisory
Writ, Parish of St. Tammany, 22nd Judicial District Court Number(s) 536912-1,
Court of Appeal, First Circuit, Number(s) 2024 KW 0590;
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June 03, 2025
Writ application denied. See per curiam.
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SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No. 2024-KP-01303
STATE OF LOUISIANA
VS.
ROBERT CARDELL FLOWERS
On Supervisory Writ to the 22nd Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Tammany
PER CURIAM:
Denied. The application was not timely filed in the district court, and applicant
fails to carry his burden to show that an exception applies. La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.8;
State ex rel. Glover v. State, 93-2330 (La. 9/5/95), 660 So.2d 1189.
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.