No. 24-6263

William S. Hurt, III v. Oklahoma

Lower Court: Oklahoma
Docketed: 2025-01-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: due-process exculpatory-evidence fourteenth-amendment oklahoma-court-of-criminal-appeals post-conviction-dna statutory-rights
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2025-03-07
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals violated the petitioner's statutory rights under the Oklahoma Post-Conviction DNA testing statute and Fourteenth Amendment due process rights by denying access to potentially exculpatory DNA testing and issuing a premature order

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

I. Whether the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals (OCCA) violated Petitioner ’s statutory rights under the Oklahoma Post-Conviction DNA pursuant to Okla. Stat. tit. 22 § 1373.4 by denying access to potentially exculpatory DNA testing? II. Whether the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals (OCCA) abused its discretion by violating Petitioner ’s Fourteenth Amendment Rights to be heard by issuing a premature order within Petitioner ’s timeframe to file his supporting brief? As stipulated by Rule 5.2 (C)(2) of the Rules of the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals, Title 22, Chapter 18

Docket Entries

2025-03-10
Petition DENIED.
2025-03-05
Supplemental brief of petitioner William S. Hurt III filed.
2025-03-05
Supplemental brief of petitioner William S. Hurt, III filed.
2025-02-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/7/2025.
2024-12-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 10, 2025)

Attorneys

William S. Hurt III
William S. Hurt III — Petitioner
William S. Hurt III — Petitioner