No. 24-6617

Cedric Dwayne Poore v. Oklahoma

Lower Court: Oklahoma
Docketed: 2025-02-21
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: constitutional-right counsel-appointment critical-stage dna-act hearsay-exception post-conviction-procedure
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2025-04-25
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals ruling on an excited utterance hearsay exception violates the constitutional right to counsel, and whether a mandated court hearing constitutes a critical stage requiring appointed counsel

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

1. Whether the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals ruling that an omitted claim implicating an excited utterance, an exception to the hearsay rule, is meritless is in contrary to Petitioner ’s constitutional right to counsel on Petitioner ’s first appeal as of right calling into question Oklahoma ’s Post Conviction Procedures Act codified at OKLA. STAT. T.22, § 1080 et seq.. 2. Whether a mandated court hearing constitutes a critical stage implicating the right to appointment of counsel calling into question Oklahoma ’s Postconviction DNA Act codified at OKLA. STAT. T.22, § 1373 et seq. (2015). 1

Docket Entries

2025-04-28
Petition DENIED.
2025-04-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/25/2025.
2025-02-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 24, 2025)

Attorneys

Cedric D. Poore
Cedric Dwayne Poore — Petitioner
Cedric Dwayne Poore — Petitioner