No. 19-702

Alen Dean O'Bryant v. Oklahoma

Lower Court: Oklahoma
Docketed: 2019-12-03
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: credibility due-process evidentiary-bolstering minor minor-witness physical-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct sexual-assault vouching witness-credibility
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2020-02-21
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does Due Process prohibit a State from presenting multiple witnesses and the prosecutor from vouching for the credibility of a minor complaining witness?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW This case involves an allegation of sexual assault against a minor complaining witness. There was no confession. There was no physical evidence of sexual assault. The State’s evidence consisted of the allegations by the minor complaining witness. The State bolstered and vouched for her testimony through testimony by the examining physician, a social worker, a forensic examiner, her own mother, and the prosecutor during closing arguments. The question presented is: Does Due Process prohibit a State from presenting multiple witnesses and the prosecutor from vouching for the credibility of a minor complaining witness? ii LIST OF DIRECTLY

Docket Entries

2020-02-24
Petition DENIED.
2020-01-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
2019-11-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 2, 2020)

Attorneys

Alen Dean O'Bryant
James L. Hankins — Petitioner
James L. Hankins — Petitioner