No. 23-6301

Delbert Leroy Oldham v. Oklahoma

Lower Court: Oklahoma
Docketed: 2023-12-19
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-error cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines res-judicata sentencing
Key Terms:
DueProcess FifthAmendment HabeasCorpus Punishment
Latest Conference: 2024-02-16
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Court of Appeals erred by applying the doctrine of res-judicata,whether the District Court exceeded its authority,whether the trial court violated constitutional-rights,whether the Eighth-Amendment's Excessive-Fines-Clause is incorporated against the State's under the Fourteenth-Amendment

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED | ' | (1). Whether the Court of Appeals erred by applying the doctrine of res judicata to “Petition In Error” because Petitioner raised Constitutional errors that can not be waived or barred. (2). Whether assuming that the District Court did exceed its authority by imposing a fine punishment, in addition to a prison punishment constituted an abuse of that discretion. . (3). Whether trial court violated Oldham’s constitutional rights to due process and to be free from cruel and unusual punishment by imposing a sentence that was not authorized by state Statute. (4). Whether the Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Clause is incorporated against the State’s under the Fourteenth Amendment.

Docket Entries

2024-02-20
Petition DENIED.
2024-02-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
2023-12-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 18, 2024)

Attorneys

Delbert L. Oldham
Delbert Leroy Oldham — Petitioner
Delbert Leroy Oldham — Petitioner