HB336

Louisiana HB336 establishes rules for submitting unexhausted claims for post-conviction relief in state district court.

Louisiana HB336 enacts Code of Criminal Procedure Article 927.2, which governs unexhausted claims for post-conviction relief. A petitioner must submit an unexhausted claim to the state district court within 30 days of a federal court stay if the petitioner failed to raise the claim in state court, raised it in a federal habeas corpus petition, and the federal court stayed the proceeding to allow exhaustion in state court.