Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.

"An Oklahoma jury convicted Mica Martinez of two counts of first-degree murder and sentenced him to death. He now seeks federal habeas relief, contending that (1) his appellate counsel ineffectively chose not to raise a claim of trial counsel's ineffective investigation of and presentation of testimony from Martine... More...    $0 (04-16-2025 - OK)

Tulsa, Oklahoma civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff seeking a Writ of Habeas Corpus.... More...    $0 (03-24-2025 - OK)

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant seeking a writ of habeas corpus.

David Rogers was convicted for lews acts with a child under 16. He unsuccessfully sought a writ of habeas corpus.

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To address Mr. Brumit’s request, we consider whether his appellate
arguments are reasonably debatable. See Laurson v. Leyba, 507 F.3d 1230,
123... More...    $0 (02-07-2025 - OK)

Legal issue Can the admission of irrelevant and prejudicial evidence violate the Due Process Clause by rendering a criminal trial fundamentally unfair?
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CRIMINAL LAW. DUE PROCESS AND EVIDENTIARY ADMISSION. The case addresses whether the admission of irrelevant and prejudicial evidence concerning the defendant's personal life at trial violated the Due Process Clause by renderi... More...    $0 (01-21-2025 - OK)

Norman, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking a writ of habeas corpus claiming to being illegally detained in the Cleveland County jail.... More...    $0 (01-22-1981 - OK)

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff sentenced to death.

An Oklahoma jury convicted Mica Martinez of two counts of first-degree
murder and sentenced him to death. He now seeks federal habeas relief, contending
that (1) his appellate counsel ineffectively chose not to raise a claim of trial counsel’s
ineffective investigation of and presenta... More...    $0 (11-19-2024 - OK)

The victim was K.A., the eleven-year-old daughter of Zilm’s girlfriend. In her
initial disclosures to a neighbor, a sexual assault nurse, and a forensic interviewer, K.A.
said she and Zilm were alone in his bedroom while her mother was at work. She was not
wearing ... More...    $0 (11-05-2024 - OK)

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma civil rights lawyers

The lawsuit alleges a violation of due process rights by failing to provide timely court-ordered competency restoration services for some pretrial defendants deemed incompetent to stand trial. The result says AG Gentner, has delayed justice for victims of crime and could potentially cost Oklahoma taxpayers if a remedy can’t be reached.
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants claiming that he was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit.

According to the University of Michigan, National Registry of Exonerations:

"Shortly before 9:30 p.m. on December 30, 1974, two armed men entered the Edmond Liquor Store in Edmond, O... More...    $0 (08-15-2024 - ok)

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma social security disability lawyers represented the Plaintiff seeking review of the denial by HHS of his application for Social Security: SSID Tit. XVI benefits.


Sec. 1612. [42 U.S.C. 1382a] (a) For purposes of this title, income means both earned income and unearned income; and—

(1) earned income means only—

(A)... More...    $0 (06-21-2024 - OK)

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer Kevin Adams represented the Plaintiff seeking a writ of habeau corpus.

Graham bought her action challenging the lawfulness of her custody under a reinstated judgment and sentence entered against her in April 2023. Graham was sentenced to serve 107 ye... More...    $0 (06-22-2023 - OK)

Tulsa, Oklahoma civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued seeking a writ of habeas corpus.

Zilm was charged Adam Clayton Zilm, age 35, was charged and convicted of sexual abuse of a child under 12.

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Tulsa, Oklahoma civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant seeking a writ of habeas corpus.

"A writ of habeas corpus is a legal proceeding that allows a court to inquire into the lawfulness of a person's detention. It is a fundamental right guaranteed by the United States Constitution and is designed to protect individuals from unlawful imprisonment.

Wha... More...    $0 (11-06-2023 - OK)

Ada, Oklahoma: Perry Lott was exonerated in Ada, Oklahoma, after 35 years of wrongful conviction and 30 years of incarceration for a 1987 rape and burglary. Post-conviction DNA testing performed in 2014 from the survivor’s rape kit proved Mr. Lott did not commit this crime. The State’s case rested entirely on the survivors’s identification of Mr. Lott, which was based on a suggestive police ... More...    $0 (10-12-2023 - OK)

Petitioner, Glynn R. Simmons, is an Oklahoma state prisoner appearing pro se in this matter. However, at the time the Petition was filed and through the filing of his Objection to the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation, Petitioner appeared through counsel, Rand Eddy. The Court granted Mr. Eddy leave to withdraw his appearance after the Objection was filed. See Order [Doc. No. 28] (J. Mil... More...    $0 (07-23-2019 - OK)

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with firearm trafficking, making false statements in an attempt to acquire a firearm and make a straw purchaser purchase of a firearm.


The Superseding Indictment in this case charges three (3) Defendants with seven (7) counts involving firearms trafficking, smuggling firearms from the United States, straw purch... More...    $0 (09-18-2023 - OK)

Tulsa, Oklahoma civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff convicted of capital murder, sentenced to death, and scheduled to be executed.


Petitioner Jemaine Monteil Cannon, an Oklahoma prisoner presently incarcerated at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary (OSP), in McAlester, Oklahoma, is scheduled to be executed by the State of Oklahoma on July 20, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. This matter is bef... More...    $0 (07-19-2023 - OK)

Tulsa, Oklahoma civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants seeking a writ of habeas corpus.

Kimberly Elizabeth Graham, age 52, of Broken Arrow sought to be released from state custody claiming that the state violated her Fourteenth Amendment right to due process, under the reinstated judgment and sentence entered against her in Tulsa County District.

The State ... More...    $0 (06-22-2023 - OK)

¶1 Alexander L. Bednar (Respondent) is a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association (Bar) and is licensed to practice law in Oklahoma. The Bar initiated this action under Rule 6 of the Rules Governing Disciplinary Proceedings (RGDP), 5 O.S.2011, ch.1, app. 1-A, by filing an eleven-count Complaint on December 21, 2017. Respondent did not respond to the Complaint or to the Bar's Motion to Deem Allegati... More...    $0 (03-12-2019 - OK)

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with capital murder.

¶2 Romano and Woodruff were convicted of killing a jeweler, Roger Sarfaty, during the course of a robbery. Sarfaty, Romano's acquaintance, had been bound hand and foot and strangled, beaten about the head and stabbed five times. Because, at the time of this murder, Romano was serving a prison s... More...    $0 (02-13-2001 - OK)

Tulsa, Oklahoma civil rights lawyer filled a petition for a write of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. 2254.

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Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with one count of felony assault resulting in serious bodily injury in Indian country and one count of misdemeanor assault by stiking, beating and wounding.

Defendant pled guilty to two counts of assault-one count of felony assault resulting in serious bodily injury in Indian country and one count of misdemeanor assault by ... More...    $0 (09-26-2022 - OK)

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Petitioner seek a writ of habeas corpus.


While incarcerated in Oklahoma state custody at the Joseph Harp Correctional Center (JHCC), Samuel Scott was charged in a federal court criminal complaint with First Degree Murder in Indian Country.... More...    $0 (08-30-2022 - OK)

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with first-degree murder.


¶1 Phillip Dean Hancock, Petitioner, was tried by jury and found guilty of Counts 1 and 2, first-degree murder, in violation of 21 O.S.2001 § 701.7 (A). The jury found the existence of four aggravating circumstances in each crime and sentenced Petitioner to death. This Court affi... More...    $0 (07-21-2022 - OK)

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with kidnapping, robbery and murder.


Petitioner-appellee Karl Fontenot was twice tried and found guilty of the 1984 kidnapping, robbery, and murder of Donna Haraway in Ada, Oklahoma. Almost no evidence connected him to the crime other than his own videotaped confession, a confession that "rang false in almo... More...    $0 (07-13-2021 - OK)

Wewok, Oklahoma family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce action involving child support.

¶1 Defendant/Appellant, David Lincoln (Father), seeks review of the trial court's order awarding child support to Plaintiff/Appellee, Sara Knight (Mother), for the support of their minor child. We hold the trial court erred as a matter of law (1) in failing to deduct from Father's self... More...    $0 (01-03-2014 - OK)

¶0 The appellants, Farm Credit Bank of Wichita and Citizens Bank of Wakita (collectively, Banks) made loans to the Cecelia Simons Trust (Trust). The loans were secured by first and second mortgages on Trust real estate. The Trust defaulted, and the Banks began foreclosure proceedings. Thereafter, the Trustees conveyed two unencumbered tracts of real estate to trust beneficiaries, leaving the Trus... More...    $0 (04-27-1993 - OK)

¶1 The State of Oklahoma, by Mark Matloff, District Attorney of Pushmataha County, petitions this Court for the writ of prohibition to vacate the Respondent Judge Jana Wallace's April 12, 2021 order granting post-conviction relief. Judge Wallace's order vacated and dismissed the second degree murder conviction of Clifton Merrill Parish in Pushmataha County Case No. CF-2010-26. Because the Respond... More...    $0 (09-15-2021 - OK)

Dr. Rachel Tudor sued her former employer, Southeastern Oklahoma State
University, under Title VII, claiming discrimination on the basis of sex, retaliation,
and a hostile work environment after Southeastern denied her tenure, denied her the
opportunity to reapply for tenure, and ultimately terminated her from the university.
A jury found in favor of Dr. Tudor on her discrimin... More...    $0 (09-13-2021 - OK)

¶1 Shaun Michael Bosse was tried by jury and convicted of three
counts of First Degree Murder and one count of First Degree Arson in
the District Court of McClain County, Case No. CR-2010-213. He was
sentenced to death on the murder counts and to thirty-five (35) years
imprisonment and a $25,000.00 fine for the arson count.
¶2 On direct appeal, this Court upheld Petitioner’... More...    $0 (03-11-2021 - OK)

On the far end of the Trail of Tears was a promise. Forced to leave their ancestral lands in Georgia and Alabama, the Creek Nation received assurances that their new lands ... More...    $0 (07-09-2020 - OK)