No. 23-7136

Michael Dewayne Smith v. Oklahoma

Lower Court: Oklahoma
Docketed: 2024-04-04
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: confession confession-corroboration constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence fair-trial false-testimony murder-conviction perjured-testimony
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Mr. Smith's first degree murder convictions and sentence of death are unreliable and in violation of his constitutional rights to due process and a fair trial because false testimony was used to corroborate Mr. Smith's confession?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED \. Whether Mr. Smith’s first degree murder convictions and sentence of death are unreliable and in violation of his constitutional rights to due process and a fair trial because false testimony was used to corroborate Mr. Smith’s confession? i

Docket Entries

2024-04-04
Brief of respondent Oklahoma in opposition filed.
2024-04-04
Application (23A878) referred to the Court.
2024-04-04
Application (23A878) for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice Kavanaugh and by him referred to the Court is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Justice Gorsuch took no part in the consideration or decision of this application and this petition.
2024-04-04
Petition DENIED.
2024-04-03
Application (23A878) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh. (Justice Gorsuch is recused).
2024-04-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed.
2024-04-03
Response to application from respondent Oklahoma filed.

Attorneys

Michael Smith
Mark HenricksenHenricksen & Henricksen, Petitioner
Mark HenricksenHenricksen & Henricksen, Petitioner
Oklahoma
Aspen Jordan LaymanOklahoma Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Aspen Jordan LaymanOklahoma Attorney General's Office, Respondent