State ex rel. Gregory Burnett Collier v. State of Louisiana

Summary

The Louisiana Supreme Court denied supervisory relief, holding that Collier failed to establish ineffective assistance of counsel based on the jury's occasional interchangeable use of "defendant" and "offender." The court adopted the district court's reasons, which found no constitutionally erroneous instruction, no need for trial counsel to object, and no resulting prejudice in light of the instructions as a whole and the substantial evidence of guilt. The court also stated that Collier had exhausted his state collateral-review process absent a narrow exception permitting a successive application.