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SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA No. 96-KP-2919 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MELVIN D. FORD On Writ of Certiorari to the Criminal District Court, Parish of Orleans PER CURIAM: Writ granted. The trial court may not avoid the

procedural bars of La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.4 and La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.8 by "reconsidering" an application for postconviction relief on which it has earlier ruled, see La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.6; La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.6 cmt.; State v. Clayton, 96-1658 (La. 2/27/97), 687 So.2d 996; State ex rel. Lewis v. Cr.D.C., 571 So.2d 659 (La. 1991), especially when, as here, this Court has considered and rejected the claims. La.C.Cr.P. art.

930.4(D); State v. Ford, 94-2883 (La. 2/5/95), 649 So.2d 404; State ex rel. Ford v. State, 513 So.2d 816 (La. 1987). merit. In any event, Ford's claims otherwise lack

See State v. Hamilton, 478 So.2d 123, 128-29

(La. 1985); State v. Mack, 403 So.2d 8, 9-10 (La. 1981); State v. Smith, 91-0749 (La. 5/23/94), 637 So.2d 398, cert. denied, ___ U.S. ___, 115 S.Ct. 641, 130 L.Ed.2d 546 (1994); Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 687, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 2064, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984).



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