
    STATE EX REL. Jermaine SCOTT v. STATE of Louisiana
    No. 2016-KH-1670
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    11/07/2016
   PER CURIAM:

JjWRIT NOT CONSIDERED. Untimely filed pursuant to La.S.Ct. Rule X § 5.

Relator, has now exhausted his right to obtain 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. Relator has filed an application for post-conviction relief in the ■ District Court, and. the District Court’s ruling denying relief is now final. Hereafter, unless he can show that one of the narrow exceptions authorizing the filing of a- successive application applies,- relator has exhausted his right, to state collateral review. The District.Co.urt is ordered to record a minute-entry consistent with this per curiam.  