William S. Hurt, III v. Oklahoma
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
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
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