State ex rel. Christopher Brian Cope v. State of Louisiana

Summary

The court denied supervisory writ relief from the denial of post-conviction relief. It held that the claims concerning the confession, pretrial publicity, and survivability defense were repetitive because they had already been litigated, and that the ineffective-assistance claim failed for lack of proof of deficient performance and prejudice. The court further stated that the relator had exhausted state collateral review, subject to narrow exceptions for a successive application.