State Of Louisiana v. Johnathan Trayvon Kelly

Supreme Court of Louisiana
October 14, 2025
Chief Deputy Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
STATE OF LOUISIANA
VS.
JOHNATHAN TRAYVON KELLY
No. 2025-KH-00493
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IN
RE: Johnathan Trayvon Kelly - Applicant Defendant; Applying For Supervisory
Writ, Parish of Caddo, 1st Judicial District Court Number(s) 365,695, Court of
Appeal, Second Circuit, Number(s) 56,304-KH;
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October 14, 2025
Writ application denied. See per curiam.
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10/14/2025 "See News Release 045 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents."

S
UPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No.
25-KH-0493
STA
TE OF LOUISIANA
v.
J
OHNATHAN TRAYVON KELLY
ON
SUPERVISORY WRITS TO THE FIRST
JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF CADDO
P
ER CURIAM:
De
nied. Applicant’s claim relating to the admissibility of an eyewitness
identification is repetitive pursuant to La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.4. Additionally, applicant
fails to show that the state withheld material exculpatory evidence in violation of
Brady v. Maryland , 373 U.S. 83 (1963). Finally, applicant fails to show that he
received ineffective assistance of counsel under the standard of Strickland v.
Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (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.