No. 22-7749

Alen Dean O'Bryant v. Oklahoma

Lower Court: Oklahoma
Docketed: 2023-06-09
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: conflict-of-interest due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-bias judicial-ethics prosecutor prosecutorial-misconduct recusal trial-judge
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2023-09-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did former Judge Henderson's secret extramarital affair create an unconstitutional potential for bias?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW } 1. Did former Judge Henderson’s secret extramarital affair with a prosecutor in the same county in which he presided as judge create an “unconstitutional potential for bias” sufficient to warrant disclosure of the relationship and/or his recusal as Petitioner’s trial judge, even though that prosecutor did not participate in Petitioner’s trial? 2. Did the State of Oklahoma deny Petitioner core Due Process and a meaningful hearing under the Fourteenth Amendment when both state courts failed to acknowledge or consider important evidence contained in affidavits? | 3. Did the State of Oklahoma deny Petitioner core Due Process and a meaningful hearing in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment when the OCCA mislabeled | Petitioner’s recusal claim, and then decided the wrong claim? , Ky,

Docket Entries

2023-10-02
Petition DENIED.
2023-07-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-05-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 10, 2023)

Attorneys

Alen D. O'Bryant
Alen Dean O'Bryant — Petitioner