No. 19-8229

Donnie L. Harris, Jr. v. Oklahoma

Lower Court: Oklahoma
Docketed: 2020-04-09
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: capital-punishment due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment newly-discovered-evidence statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess FifthAmendment HabeasCorpus Punishment Securities JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2020-06-18
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does Oklahoma's strict application of its statutory requirement that all newly discovered evidence in capital cases must be presented within one year of the pronouncement of judgment and sentence or be forfeited, violate the due process clause of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments when the delay in timely filing is caused by the State, not the Petitioner?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Does Oklahoma’s strict application of its statutory requirement that all newly discovered evidence in capital cases must be presented within one year of the pronouncement of judgment and sentence or be forfeited, violate the due process clause of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments when the delay in timely filing is caused by the State, not the Petitioner? i

Docket Entries

2020-06-22
Petition DENIED.
2020-06-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/18/2020.
2020-05-04
Brief of respondent State of Oklahoma in opposition filed.
2020-03-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 11, 2020)
2020-01-27
Application (19A830) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until April 2, 2020.
2020-01-21
Application (19A830) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 2, 2020 to April 2, 2020, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.

Attorneys

Donnie L. Harris, Jr.
Kristi L. ChristopherOklahoma Indigent Defense System, Petitioner
Kristi L. ChristopherOklahoma Indigent Defense System, Petitioner
State of Oklahoma
Jennifer L. CrabbOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Jennifer L. CrabbOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent