Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Stewart v. State

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided August 4, 2017No. 2016-KH-0486Published

1Opinion of the Court

ON SUPERVISORY WRITS TO THE TWENTY-FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF JEFFERSON

2Per curiam

| denied. Relator fails to show 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), We attach hereto and make a part hereof the district court’s written reasons denying relief.

Relator has now fully litigated his application for post-conviction relief in state court. Similar to federal habeas relief, see 28 Ú.S.C. § 2244, Louisiana post-conviction procedure envisions the filing of a second or successive application…

3Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. State v. CrosbySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
  3. State v. BourgeoisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
  4. State v. LemonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2006
  5. State v. LewisLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2001

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