No. 25-5997
Amici (4)IFP
Tags: brady-violation capital-punishment judicial-bias napue-violation prosecutorial-misconduct witness-testimony
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
DueProcess Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference:
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Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Should this Court, after independently reviewing the factual record, grant Mr. Wood a new trial based on the Napue violation at his trial, as it did in Glossip?
2. Should this Court grant Mr. Wood a new trial based on the Brady violations shown at the hearing below?
3. Should this Court instead remand this case for a new hearing without the participation of a judge whose potential for bias was too high to be constitutionally tolerable? See Williams v. Pennsylvania, 579 U.S. 1 (2016).
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Should the Court grant a new trial based on prosecutorial misconduct involving knowingly false witness testimony and hidden benefits in a capital murder case
Docket Entries
2025-11-13
Application (25A494) 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 Jackson would grant the application for stay of execution of sentence of death.
Justice Gorsuch took no part in the consideration or decision of this application and this petition.
2025-11-13
Application (25A494) referred to the Court.
2025-11-13
Petition DENIED. Justice Gorsuch took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition
2025-11-12
Supplemental brief of petitioner Tremane Wood filed.
2025-11-12
Supplemental brief of respondent Oklahoma filed.
2025-11-12
Response to Supplemental Brief of State of Oklahoma submitted.
2025-11-11
Supplemental brief of petitioner Tremane Wood filed.
2025-11-11
Reply of Tremane Wood submitted.
2025-11-11
Supplemental Brief of Tremane Wood submitted.
2025-11-11
Reply of applicant Tremane Wood filed.
2025-11-11
Reply of petitioner Tremane Wood filed.
2025-11-07
Brief of respondent Oklahoma in opposition filed.
2025-11-07
Response to application from respondent State of Oklahoma filed.
2025-11-07
Brief of State of Oklahoma in opposition submitted.
2025-11-05
Brief amici curiae of Ethics Experts filed.
2025-11-05
Brief amici curiae of Ethics Experts filed. (Distributed)
2025-11-05
Brief amici curiae of Ethics Experts, et al. filed.
2025-10-31
Amicus brief of Rep. Justin J. Humphrey submitted.
2025-10-31
Brief amicus curiae of Oklahoma Representative Justin J. Humphrey filed.
2025-10-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 1, 2025)
2025-10-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed.
2025-10-30
Application (25A494) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh. (Justice Gorsuch is recused).
Attorneys
Ethics Experts, Bruce A. Green, Lawrence K. Hellman, Peter A. Joy, W. Bradley Wendel, and Ellen C. Yaroshefsky
John H. Blume — Amicus
Rep. Justin J. Humphrey
John Robert Mills — Phillips Black, Inc., Amicus
State of Oklahoma
Christina Ann Burns — Oklahoma Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Tremane Wood