No. 22-7663

Aaron David Waldon v. Oklahoma

Lower Court: Oklahoma
Docketed: 2023-05-30
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: constitutional-rights due-process evidence-admission fair-trial horn-v-state prejudicial probative propensity-evidence sexual-assault trial-court-discretion
Key Terms:
DueProcess Privacy
Latest Conference: 2023-09-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the trial court abused its discretion by allowing the admission of evidence of a recording believed to be the petitioner and an unknown male as propensity evidence, which was more prejudicial than probative in contravention of Horn v State and the petitioner's fundamental due process right to a fair trial

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED I. THE TRIAL COURT ABUSED ITS DISCRETION BY ALLOWING THE ADMISSION OF EVEIDENCE OF A RECORDING BELIEVED TO BE PETITIONER AND AN UNKNOWN MALE AS PROPENSITY EVIDENCE AS IT WAS MORE PREJUDICIAL THAN PROBATIVE IN CONTRAVENTION OF HORN V STATE AND PETITIONERS FUNDAMENTAL DUE PROCESS RIGHT TO FAIR TRIAL. Il. STATES EXHIBIT 1 WAS IMPROPERLY ADMITTED AS EVIDENCE OF INTENT AND/OR ABSENCE OF MISTAKE OR ACCIDENT Ill. BECAUSE THE EVIDENCE WAS INSUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT , PETITIONERS CONVICTIONS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT, DUE PROCESS ‘ REQUIRES HIS CASE TO BE REVERSED AND REMANDED WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO DISMISS COUNTS 2 AND 3.

Docket Entries

2023-10-02
Petition DENIED.
2023-07-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-05-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 29, 2023)
2023-03-20
Application (22A827) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until May 7, 2023.
2023-02-07
Application (22A827) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 8, 2023 to May 7, 2023, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.

Attorneys

Aaron David Waldon
Aaron D. Waldon — Petitioner
Aaron D. Waldon — Petitioner